Speech #1100062183

My hope is that all brave Iraqis who worked and braved so much will have the same chance as I have had to live in freedom." Another Iraqi. John. worked as a water service man for U.S. troops. He said. "My wife. my six children and myself fled Iraq after terrorist groups targeted me and my family because I aided the Americans by supplying water to their service camps." Ken Bacon. president of Refugees International. summed it up well when he said. "There is a large group of Iraqis who have risked their lives to support the United States . .. people are sacrificing their lives to help the United States." The legislation has been endorsed by organizations including Refugees International. Refugee Council USA which encompasses Amnesty International USA. ArabAmerican and Chaldean Council. Chaldean Federation of America. Church World Service/Immigration and Refugee Program. Episcopal Migration Ministries. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. Human Rights First. International Rescue Committee. Jesnit Refugee Service/USA. Jubilee Campaign USA. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services. Migration & Refugee Services/United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Southeast Asia Resource Action Center. U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Womens Commission for Refugee Women and Children. and World Relief. the international Rescue Committee. and the PEN American center. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation in order to keep the faith with those many brave Iraqis whose lives are in jeopardy because of their association with our forces in Iraq. I ask unanimous consent that the letters of suport be printed in the RECORD.