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with Senator Kennedy, bipartisan team to Southeast Asia before my first consultation chairman of the subcommittee in '81, and based upon the evidence presented a consultation and the reports from that field investigation, the committee wrote, in essence, that while recognizing that individuals in Indochina continue to be subjected to persecution, we believe the character of the Indochinese flow has changed. I do believe that. And that reflects a growing number of economic migrants.
the number of Indochinese 15 at high levels. We've had that study trip. I spent many hours in Thailand in the Camps, in the field. I wrote of that program » Ι. even recall that little motel im
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But for these family with family inthe United States, use the immigrant visa process. I wrote that in 1985. You, Mr. Secretary, announced a new initiative to attain those same goa|S: family reunification for the Khmer in Tailand through immigration channels; the Ray commission published its report, said that those arriving for first asylum appear to have less compelling claims to refugee status as defined in the US and international
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recommending refugee admissions be reserved for those who met this special definition of special humanitarian concern, and that others seeking admissions solely on the basis of family ties should do so by the means of immigration procedures That was April this year.
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