As I say. there is no real objection to this bill. I do want to raise one point. however. that I think can go unnoticed in the waning moments of a congressional session. This is a matter of immigration policy. and because this bill was just introduced. just dropped within the last minutes. the bill never has had a chance to go through the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary. and so we continue to make somewhat haphazardly immigration policy In this country. and we yesterday on an appropriations bill made exceptions for Nicaraguarls. Guatemalans. Salvadorans. other people from Communist countries. to be treated as refugees. Under this bill. we make exceptions for some Vietnamese who obviously are very deserving. and the thing that is troubling is that we keep making these exceptions. all of which we support. but we keep leaving out the Haitians. which a number of people rose on the floor yesterday. especially Representatives from Florida. to try to see why we keep leaving out the Haitians. who really ought to be given an exception similar to the exceptions that we have given. we are giving. under this bill. that we gave under an appropriations bill to the Salvadorans. Guatemalans. and others yesterday.
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