Mr. President. Congross has 100 days to restore urgently needed assistance to legal Immigrants and refugees. On August 1. 100 days from today. legal immigrants who have worked hard. but were injured on the job. will lose their Federal benefits under last years socalled welfare reform law. Refugees will lose their safety net. These are men and women who fled persecution in their own countries. only to find persecution now in Americ= They are people who fought with us in Southeast Asia. and this is the thanks they get from hawks who kept the war going long after it should have stopped. The Vietnam war and the cold war are finally over. But In the rush to forget. we cannot forget these brave families and their sacrifices. and treat them unfairly. because they are old or disabled. In recent weeks. some needy Immigrants have taken their own lives. rather than burden their families. We must say enough Is enough100 days Is long enough for Congress to undo the thoughtless damage an unthinking Congress did last year. I ask that a few recent news articles on this issue may be printed in the Rnou.
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