Mr. President. it is a privilege to join Senator MACK and Senator GRAHAM in introducing the Immigration Reform Transition Act of 1997 proposed by President Clinton. Without this legislation. thousands of Central American refugee families who fled death squads and persecution in their native lands would be forced to return. Republican and Democratic administrations alike promised them repeatedly that they will get their day in court to make their claims before an immigration judge to remain in the United States. But last years immigration law turned its back on that commitment and closed the door on these families. This legislation reinstates the promise and guarantees these families the day in court they deserve. Virtually all of these families fled to the United States in the 1980s from El Salvador.
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