I would like to speak for just a few moments about a very special provision that is now before the Senate. which we will vote on next week. and that is the amendment which has been proposed by Senator MACK. Senator GRAHAM. and myself. which is pending on the D.C. appropriations bill. Without this amendment. thousands of Central American refugee families who fled death squads and persecution in their native lands and found safe haven in the United States would be forced to return to their countries. Republican and Democratic administrations alike promised them repeatedly that they will get their day in court to make their claims to remain in the United States. Last years immigration law. however. turned its back on that commitment and treated these families unfairly. This legislation reinstates that promise and guarantees these families the day in court they deservethats all. just the day in court they deserve to be able to make their case. which they were promised at the time they came to the United States. by Republican and Democratic administrations. That particular guarantee was eliminated in the bill last year.
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