REFUGEES

Amendments

Admissions: reform preference system (S. 358), 14121, 14125, 14129, 14184, 14185 [11JY], 14270, 14271, 14275, 14277, 14285, 14286, 14296, 14297, 14314, 14315, 14357, 14358 [12JY], 14517, 14520, 14526, 14531, 14539, 14553-14555, 14559, 14560, 14562, 14567, 14600-14604 [13JY]

Indochina: status of certain nationals (H.R. 2022), 14673, 14674, 14679 [13JY]

Soviet Union: status of certain nationals (H.R. 2022), 14673, 14674, 14679 [13JY]

Analyses

GAO Investigation on Conditions of Displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans (H.R. 45), 25846 [25OC]

Announcements

Refugee numbers grow, protection mechanisms falter: U.S. Committee for Refugees, 6462 [13AP]

Articles and editorials

Coming to the Aid of Endangered Refugees, 25853 [25OC]

Congress Usurping President's Authority, Scholars Say, 3073 [28FE]

Forced Abortion and a Chinese Refugee, 15250 [19JY]

Give Me Your Rich, Your Very Rich—A Senate Immigration Bill Would Grant Special Preference to Millionaires, 26862 [1NO]

Here—Migrants and the Need for Safe Haven, 3050 [28FE]

It Gets Worse for Salvadorans, 25852 [25OC]

Jim Wright's Bus People, 3072 [28FE]

Mercy for Refugees, 25852 [25OC]

Moving People North, 3012 [28FE]

New Aid Strategy for Latin Refugees, 11398 [8JN]

Respite for Central American Refugees, 25852 [25OC]

Salvadoran Tragedy, 25851 [25OC]

Salvadorans Deserve a Welcome, Too, 25853 [25OC]

The Uninvited, 20390 [13SE]

World's Unwanted, 24162 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions

Admission: emergency (see S. 476; H.R. 1605)

———increase numbers for certain East Asian (see H.R. 852)

———reform preference system (see S. 358)

Association of Southeast Asia Nations: refuge for Vietnamese asylum-seekers (see S. Con. Res. 26; H. Con. Res. 103)

Central America: resettlement assistance (see H.R. 869)

China, People's Republic of: commend President Bush for granting refuge to certain human rights activists (see H. Con. Res. 163)

Dept. of Justice: temporary protected status to nationals of countries subject to extraordinary and temporary conditions (see H.R. 3506)

Dept. of State: funding for migration and resettlement programs (see S. Con. Res. 25)

———loan program (see H.R. 1626)

El Salvador: GAO investigation and report on certain displaced persons (see S. 458; H.R. 45)

———resettlement assistance for certain refugees (see H.R. 870)

Hocke, Jean-Pierre: distinguished service with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and International Committee of the Red Cross (see S. Res. 215)

Hong Kong: treatment of Vietnamese boat people (see H. Con. Res. 223)

Indochina: status of certain nationals (see H.R. 2022)

Nicaragua: GAO investigation and report on certain displaced persons (see S. 458; H.R. 45)

———refugee status to certain nationals unwilling to return (see S. 1093)

———resettlement assistance for certain refugees (see H.R. 870)

Refugee Resettlement Extension Act: enact (see S. 1248)

Resettlement and migration programs: funding (see H. Con. Res. 73)

Soviet Union: status of certain nationals (see H.R. 2022)

Vietnam: issuance of visa numbers to certain former political prisoners (see H.R. 2553)

Chronologies

U.S. immigration policy, 14312 [12JY]

Declarations

Draft declaration and comprehensive plan of action approved by preparatory meeting of International Conference on Indochinese Refugees, 11471 [13JN]

History

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service—Opening Doors for 50 Years, 29185 [15NO], 29614-29616 [16NO]

Letters

Admissions to the U.S.: Jonathan Moore, 10295 [31MY]

———Representatives Brooks and Bruce A. Morrison, 30397 [20NO]

———Representatives Fish, Brooks, and Bruce A. Morrison, 10295 [31MY]

———Representatives Fish and Lamar S. Smith, 30398 [20NO]

———Senators Biden and Kennedy, 10295 [31MY], 22302 [28SE]

———Senators Kennedy and Simon, 22303 [28SE]

———Senators Thurmond and Simpson, 22302 [28SE]

Centralization of U.S. refugee processing in Moscow: Senator Metzenbaum, 21017 [20SE]

Deportation of certain Salvadoran, Nicaraguan, and Chinese nationals: ACLU, 25847 [25OC]

———Adolfo Calero, 25848 [25OC]

———AFL-CIO, 25849 [25OC]

———American Jewish Committee, 25848 [25OC]

———Elie Wiesel, 25849 [25OC]

———Haiching Zhao, 25855 [25OC]

———Jose N. Duarte, 25856 [25OC]

———Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, 25848 [25OC]

———Miguel A. Salaverria, 25855 [25OC]

———National Council of La Raza, 25848 [25OC]

———Nicaraguan American Chamber of Commerce, 25848 [25OC]

———Robert N. Lynch, 25849 [25OC]

———Robert W. Tiller, 25850 [25OC]

———several national and local organizations, 25850, 25851 [25OC]

———several religious and charitable organizations, 25849 [25OC]

GAO investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans: Representative Moakley, 3049 [28FE]

Refugee resettlement: American Jewish Committee, 21108 [20SE]

———several Senators, 21664 [26SE]

Refugee status for Soviet Jews: several Senators, 3155 [1MR]

Lists

Refugees 1988—Where they're from, where they've gone, 24163 [11OC]

Memorandums

Refugee Admissions: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, 6206 [12AP]

———President Bush, 30399 [20NO]

Memorials of legislature

California, 107 [3JA], 320 [20JA], 19782 [7SE], 19963 [11SE], 20521 [14SE], 22744 [2OC], 23739 [6OC], 27665 [7NO]

Petitions

Hawaii County, HI, Council, 14993 [18JY]

San Jose, CA, citizens, 10964 [6JN]

Sweetwater, FL, City Council, 16819 [28JY]

Programs

Draft declaration and comprehensive plan of action approved by preparatory meeting of International Conference on Indochinese Refugee, 11469 [13JN]

Remarks in House

Admissions: reform preference system (S. 358), 26862 [1NO]

———U.S. policies, 22871 [3OC], 30396 [20NO]

Afghanistan: refugees and homeless situation, 19438 [4AU]

Association of Southeast Asia Nations: refuge for Vietnamese asylum-seekers (S. Con. Res. 26), 10825-10828 [6JN]

Central America: improving health, nutrition and education levels (H. Con. Res. 145), 11397 [8JN]

Central American Refugee Center: tribute, 6344 [12AP]

Cyprus: effects of Turkish occupation, 10053 [23MY], 13734, 13736 [28JN]

Dept. of Justice: temporary protected status to nationals of countries subject to extraordinary and temporary conditions (H.R. 3506), 26109 [25OC]

Dept. of State: appropriations (H.R. 1487), 7090 [19AP]

El Salvador: GAO investigation on conditions of displaced persons (H.R. 45), 3049 [28FE], 5175 [22MR], 25833-25861 [25OC], 26466 [27OC]

———investigation on conditions of displaced persons (H.R. 45), consideration (H. Res. 273), 25829-25832 [25OC]

———treatment of certain individuals, 5017 [21MR]

Foreign relations: congressional encroachment, 3072 [28FE]

Germany, Democratic Republic of: refugees escaping through Hungary, 20389 [13SE]

Hong Kong: treatment of Vietnamese boat people (H. Con. Res. 223), 27924 [8NO]

Indochina: status of certain nationals (H.R. 2022), 14659 [13JY], 14676-14680 [13JY], 15774 [21JY]

———status of certain nationals (H.R. 2022), consideration (H. Res. 195), 14461 [12JY]

———status of certain nationals (H.R. 2022), corrections in engrossment, 14680 [13JY]

International Conference on Indochinese Refugees: convention in Geneva, Switzerland, 11610 [13JN]

Japan: position on Chinese refugees, 20723 [19SE]

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service: anniversary, 28946 [14NO], 29289, 29305, 29307, 29614 [16NO]

Nicaragua: GAO investigation on conditions of displaced persons (H.R. 45), 3049 [28FE], 5175 [22MR], 25833-25861 [25OC], 26466 [27OC]

San Diego, CA: tribute to Patient Relief Program, 3416 [2MR]

Soviet Union: status of certain nationals (H.R. 2022), 14659 [13JY], 14676-14680 [13JY], 15774 [21JY]

———status of certain nationals (H.R. 2022), consideration (H. Res. 195), 14461 [12JY]

———status of certain nationals (H.R. 2022), corrections in engrossment, 14680 [13JY]

U.S. Committee for Refugees: tribute, 6816 [17AP]

———World Refugee Survey, 12405 [19JN]

Vietnam: issuance of visa numbers to certain former political prisoners (H.R. 2553), 11056 [7JN]

Remarks in Senate

Admissions: additional, 10294 [31MY], 22301 [28SE]

———emergency applicants (S. 476), 2978 [28FE], 7255 [19AP]

———establish category of applicants, 21107-21110 [20SE]

———funding for resettlement programs (S. Con. Res. 25), 4912 [17MR], 6205 [12AP], 22501 [29SE]

———reform preference system (S. 358), 1808 [7FE], 2994 [28FE], 14121-14129, 14140-14143 [11JY], 14266-14318 [12JY], 14517-14569 [13JY], 15667 [20JY]

———reform preference system (S. 358), star print, 15675 [20JY]

Africa: report on trip, 4935-4939 [17MR]

Association of Southeast Asia Nations: refuge for Vietnamese asylum-seekers (S. Con. Res. 26), 6194 [12AP], 11142 [7JN]

Bulgaria: treatment of Turkish minority, 15036 [18JY]

Central America: resettlement assistance (S. 372), 1838 [7FE]

Hocke, Jean-Pierre: distinguished service with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and International Committee of the Red Cross (S. Res. 215), 30466 [20NO]

Hong Kong: repatriation of Vietnamese boat people, 27114 [3NO]

International Conference on Indochinese Refugees: convention in Geneva, Switzerland, 11468 [13JN]

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service: anniversary, 29076, 29185, 29236, 29238, 29239 [15NO]

Nicaragua: increase flow of immigrants to U.S. (S. Res. 150), 13165 [22JN]

———status to certain nationals unwilling to return (S. 1093), 10629 [1JN]

Pakistan: treatment of Afghan refugees, 15994 [25JY]

Refugee Early Employment Project, Portland OR: tribute, 26679 [31OC]

Refugee Resettlement Extension Act: enact (S. 1248), 13032, 13145 [22JN]

Resettlement: funding, 11112, 11114 [7JN]

Soviet Union: centralization of processing for Soviet applicants at U.S. Embassy in Moscow, 21017 [20SE]

U.S. Committee for Refugees: World Refugee Survey—1988 in Review, 6462 [13AP]

Worldwide increase, 6223 [12AP]

Reports

Admissions Ceiling, U.S. Coordinator for Refugee Affairs, 10295-10297 [31MY]

———William Mullen, 2138-2153 [9FE]

Refugee Status Determination Procedures and Criteria: U.N., 15526 [20JY]

Soviet Refugee Applicant Processing: GAO, 15516-15518 [20JY]

———National Association of Evangelicals, 15518-15522 [20JY]

Year in Review: U.S. Committee for Refugees, 12405 [19JN]

Reports filed

GAO Investigation on Conditions of Displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 45) (H. Rept. 101-244), 20773 [19SE]

———Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 273) (H. Rept. 101-305), 25614 [24OC]

Reform Preference System: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 358) (S. Rept. 101-55), 12356 [19JN]

Refuge for Vietnamese Asylum-Seekers by Association of Southeast Asia Nations: Committee on Foreign Relations (S. Con. Res. 26), 8777 [10MY]

Refugee Status of Certain Soviet and Indochinese Nationals (H.R. 2022), Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2022) (H. Rept. 101-122), 14016 [10JY]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 2022) (H. Rept. 101-130), 14061 [11JY]

———Consideration: Committee on Rules (H. Res. 195) (H. Rept. 101-130), 14074 [11JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Voluntary departure status for El Salvadoran refugees: Detroit, MI, City Council, 26467 [27OC]

Statements

Deportation of Salvadoran and Nicaraguan Nationals, 25853, 25854 [25OC]

———David Saperstein, 25854 [25OC]

———Leadership Conference of Women Religious, 25854 [25OC]

———Ruth M. Fitzpatrick, 25855 [25OC]

———Salvadoran refugee community, 25854 [25OC]

Refugee Admissions: Jewel S. Lafontant, 30396 [20NO]

Soviet Jews and Evangelical Christians: Dept. of State, 14661 [13JY]

Surveys

Sins of Omission—The New Vietnamese Refugee Crisis: Court Robinson, U.S. Committee for Refugees, 6195-6199 [12AP]

Year in Review: U.S. Committee for Refugees, 6224 [12AP], 6817 [17AP]

Tables

Admissions to U.S. (sundry), 22302 [28SE]

Funding under the dire emergency supplemental appropriation, 1989, 10295 [31MY], 14032 [11JY]

Testimonies

Admissions to U.S.: Jewel S. Lafontant, 22305 [28SE]

———Lawrence S. Eagleburger, 22304, 22305 [28SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 195, consideration of H.R. 2022, status of certain Soviet and Indochinese nationals, 14461 [12JY]

H. Res. 273, consideration of H.R. 45, GAO investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans, 25829 [25OC]

H.R. 45, GAO investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans, 25858-25860 [25OC]

H.R. 2022, refugee status of certain Soviet and Indochinese nationals, 14673 [13JY]

H.R. 2553, issuance of visa numbers to certain former political prisoners in Vietnam, 11056 [7JN]

S. 358, reform preference system, 15675 [20JY], 15940-15953 [24JY]

S. 372, resettlement assistance for certain Central Americans, 1838 [7FE]

S. 476, emergency admissions, 2978 [28FE]

S. 489, refugee legalization assistance grants, 3154 [1MR]

S. 1248, Refugee Resettlement Extension Act, 13146 [22JN]

S. Con. Res. 25, status and funding for migration and resettlement programs for refugees, 4912 [17MR]

S. Con. Res. 26, Association of Southeast Asia Nations refuge for Vietnamese asylum-seekers, 6194 [12AP], 9008 [11MY], 10825 [6JN]

S. Res. 73, refugee legalization assistance grants, 3159 [1MR]

S. Res. 215, distinguished service of Jean-Pierre Hocke with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and International Committee of the Red Cross, 30466, 30570 [20NO]