REFUGEES related term(s) Immigration

Addresses

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Award Acceptance: Benjamin Meed, E2381 [20DE]

———Representative Fish, E2380 [20DE]

Advertisements

Let Me Tell You About an Ongoing Tragedy, E1586 [27JY]

Analyses

Immigration Control and Reform Act (S. 2533), S14542-S14545 [6OC]

Articles and editorials

Arrest May Signal New Cuban Push Against Dissident, H10587 [3OC]

Calling Cuba to Account, H10585 [3OC]

Church Assails Tugboat Tragedy, H10585 [3OC]

Clinton Says Cuban Refugee Boat Sinking Brutal, E1586 [27JY]

Cuba Blames U.S. Policy in Tugboat Deaths, H10585 [3OC]

Demonstrators at Cuban Mission in Washington Protest Tugboat Sinking, H10585 [3OC]

Embargo Must Go, S15251 [30NO]

56 Cubans Reach Puerto Rico, H476 [10FE]

Funeral Rally at Fidel Castro's Mission Tomorrow, H10584 [3OC]

Hmong—Forgotten Vietnam Vets, E379 [8MR]

Immigration Facts and Fiction, S5009 [3MY]

Man Who Made a Difference—Out of the Limelight, Jerry Tinker Helped Save People's Lives, S13913 [3OC]

Murder at Sea, H10584 [3OC], E1586 [27JY]

On Not Blaming Immigrants First, S5745 [16MY]

Sinking of Tugboat Off Cuba ``Brutal,'' Clinton Says, Symbolic Wakes Staged in Havana, H10584 [3OC]

Story of Tug's Sinking Incited Cubans—Drownings That Launched Exodus of Rafters May Be Portent, H10586 [3OC]

Subsidizing Welfare, E371 [8MR]

U.S. Rips Cuba's ``Extreme Cruelty''—Protest Three Killings Near Base, H10587 [3OC]

USA Cool to Huddled Masses—Sentiment Sours as Rate of Arrival Rises, S2294 [2MR]

Whose War Is It Now?, E512 [22MR]

Work, Work, Work—In Little Haiti, Life Is Hopeful, but Hard, E1001 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions

Cuba: condemn the sinking of ship containing refugees (see H. Con. Res. 279), H7074 [5AU]

Cuban Democracy Act: repeal (see H.R. 4941), H7991 [11AU]

Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H1956 [23MR]

———support democracy restoration, grant temporary protected status to alien Haitians in U.S., and terminate migrant interdiction agreement (see H.R. 4264), H2582 [20AP]

Immigration: authorizing appropriations for refugee and entrant assistance (see H.R. 4176), H2217 [12AP]

———curtail illegal and impose ceiling on legal immigration (see H.R. 4934), H7506 [10AU]

———eliminate the accelerated permanent-residency status process for Cuban nationals (see H.R. 3854), H500 [10FE]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (see S. 1923, 2533), S2779 [10MR], S14479 [6OC]

———treatment of criminal aliens and extension of the visa waiver program (see S. 2480), S13707 [29SE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve immigration laws (see S. 1884, 2105, 2197; H.R. 3860), S2288 [2MR], S5557 [11MY], S6938 [15JN], H500 [10FE]

———use of visas under the diversity transition program (see H.R. 3859, 5063), H500 [10FE], H9351 [20SE]

Iraq: prohibit entry of Iraqi veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H.R. 4313), H2913 [28AP]

Rwanda: grant temporary protected status to student nationals (see H.R. 4317), H2913 [28AP]

Torture: establish victim support programs (see S. 2362), S10631 [4AU]

Documents

Senate Amendment to H.R. 4603, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations, Relative to Cuban Sinking of Refugee Ship, E1586 [27JY]

Letters

Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act: Albert Mokhiber, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, S10636 [4AU]

———Alice Zachmann and Dianna Ortiz, Guatemala Human Rights Commission—USA, S10637 [4AU]

———Anna Gallagher, Center for Human Rights Legal Action, S10637 [4AU]

———Audrey R. Chapman, American Association for the Advancement of Science, S10636 [4AU]

———Barbara A. Frey, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights (organization), S10637 [4AU]

———David Beckmann, Bread for the World (organization), S10637 [4AU]

———Eric Stover, Physicians for Human Rights (organization), S10637 [4AU]

Condemn the sinking of ship containing Cuban refugees: Wendy R. Sherman, Dept. of State, H10581, H10582 [3OC]

Refugee policy and management: several Senators, S14131 [5OC]

Refugee status of historically persecuted groups: Eugene M. Iwanciw, Ukrainian National Association, Inc., S466 [1FE]

———Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, S466 [1FE]

———J. Patrick Gray, Institute on Religion and Democracy, S467 [1FE]

———James M. Dunn, Baptist Joint Committee, S467 [1FE]

———Pamela B. Cohen and Micah H. Naftaim, Union of Councils, S466 [1FE]

———Richard Ryscavage, U.S. Catholic Conference, S465 [1FE]

Regulation of shipments of hazardous waste to foreign countries: Carol M. Browner, EPA, E372 [8MR]

Require local school districts to compile statistics of children of illegal immigrants: Doris Meissner, INS, H977 [2MR]

Treatment of Hmong refugees in Thailand: Representative Gilman, E470 [17MR]

———Representative Hamilton, E817 [2MY]

———Representatives Cunningham, Gilman, and Hunter, E776 [26AP]

———several Representatives, E1150 [9JN]

———Vang Pobzeb, Lao Human Rights Council, E578 [24MR]

———Wendy R. Sherman, Dept. of State, E817 [2MY]

Lists

Opponents of Rohrabacher amendment to H.R. 6, require local school districts to compile statistics of children of illegal immigrants, H1023 [3MR]

Rwanda refugees and displaced people, S9565 [22JY]

Remarks in House

Afghanistan: refugee crisis, E511 [22MR]

Cuba: condemn the sinking of ship containing refugees, H5850, H5852 [19JY], H6102 [21JY], H6739 [3AU], E1527 [21JY], E1581-E1586 [27JY]

———condemn the sinking of ship containing refugees (H. Con. Res. 279), H10578-H10588 [3OC]

———U.S. policy, H8667 [18AU], H8698, H8699, H8700, H8702, H8729, H8746-H8749, H8751 [19AU], H8758, H8760, H8761 [20AU], H8945 [21AU], E2038 [3OC], E2208 [8OC]

———U.S. preparations for mass migration of refugees, E1715 [12AU]

Education: require local school districts to compile statistics of children of illegal immigrants, H916, H977 [2MR], H1015-H1034 [3MR]

Emergency Immigrant Education Program: funding, H1725, H1726 [21MR]

Fish, Representative: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Liberty Award recipient, E2380 [20DE]

Florida: budgetary impact of providing asylum for Haitian refugees, H415 [10FE]

Foreign policy: involuntary return of refugees outside the U.S., and designate Haiti under temporary protected status (H.R. 3663), E1000 [20MY]

Government: leasing of foreign vessel relative to Haitian refugees, H3666 [18MY]

Haiti: effect of U.S. immigration policy, H4172 [8JN]

———impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (H.R. 4114), H2229 [13AP], E820 [2MY], E833 [3MY]

———repatriation of citizens, H3234 [11MY], H3758 [20MY], E1078 [26MY]

———U.S. policy, H3193 [10MY]

———U.S. policy relative to refugees, military presence, and restoration of government, H3933-H3945 [24MY]

Immigration: eliminate the accelerated permanent-residency status process for Cuban nationals (H.R. 3854), H476 [10FE], H8600, H8601, H8603, H8605 [18AU]

———refugee policy relative to homosexuals, H4656 [17JN]

Iraq: prohibit entry of Iraqi veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict, H2856, H2857, H2862-H2864 [28AP]

———resettlement of Iraqi veterans of the Persian Gulf Conflict, H5118 [27JN]

Meed, Benjamin: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Harold Freidman Memorial Award recipient, E2380 [20DE]

Passports: penalties for passport and visa related offenses (H.R. 3302), H2312 [14AP]

Rwanda: grant temporary protected status to student nationals (H.R. 4317), E795 [28AP]

Thailand: Hmong refugee crisis, E378 [8MR]

———treatment of Hmong refugees, E469 [17MR], E487 [18MR], E578 [24MR], E817 [2MY], E1150 [9JN]

Remarks in Senate

Cuba: U.S. policy, S12163 [19AU], S12419-S12421 [24AU], S12495, S12612 [25AU], S12970 [19SE]

Government: coordination of Federal programs, S352 [28JA], S521 [1FE]

Haiti: repatriation of citizens, S4593 [21AP], S5436 [10MY]

Immigration: deportation of aliens convicted of crimes, S12009 [18AU]

———Federal payment to states for costs relative to undocumented aliens, S14769 [7OC]

———granting of refugee status to historically persecuted groups, S465-S473 [1FE]

———policy and management, S5009 [3MY]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security, S6456 [7JN], S10690 [5AU]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1923), S2798-S2802 [10MR], S5745-S5747 [16MY]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 2533), S14534 [6OC]

———treatment of criminal aliens and extension of the visa waiver program (S. 2480), S13731 [29SE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve immigration laws (S. 1884), S2193, S2253, S2288-S2295 [2MR]

———improve immigration laws (S. 2105), S5561 [11MY]

———improve immigration laws (S. 2197), S6949 [15JN]

National objectives: refugee policy and management, S14131 [5OC]

Ogata, Sadako: Jane Addams Conference's International Women's Leadership Award recipient, S14709 [7OC]

Torture: establish victim support programs (S. 2362), S10634, S10637 [4AU]

Yugoslavia: assistance to refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, S503 [1FE]

Reports

Human Rights Violations in Tibet: congressional staff delegation, S5763-S5765 [16MY]

Proposed Refugee Admissions: Executive Office of the President, S14132 [5OC]

Repatriation of Hmong Refugees From Thailand to Laos, E488 [18MR]

Statements

Condemn the Sinking of Ship Containing Cuban Refugees: Christine Shelly, Dept. of State, H10581 [3OC]

———Janet H. Gutierrez, H10583 [3OC]

———Maritza E. Torres, H10583 [3OC]

———President Clinton, H10582 [3OC]

———Representative Menendez, H10582 [3OC]

Regulation of Shipments of Hazardous Waste to Foreign Countries: Executive Office of the President, E372 [8MR]

Sinking of Cuban Ship Containing Refugees: Janet Hernandez Gutierrez, H6102 [21JY]

Summaries

Immigration Laws Improvement (S. 1884), S2291-S2293 [2MR]

Tables

Refugee admissions into U.S., S14131 [5OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 279, condemn the sinking of ship containing Cuban refugees, H10578 [3OC]

S. 1923, Immigration Stabilization Act, S2802-S2810 [10MR]

S. 2105, Illegal Immigration Control Act, S5562-S5572 [11MY]

S. 2197, Illegal Immigration Control and Enforcement Act, S6950-S6959 [15JN]

S. 2362, Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act, S10635 [4AU]

S. 2480, treatment of criminal aliens and extension of the visa waiver program, S13731-S13733 [29SE]

S. 2533, Immigration Control and Reform Act, S14535-S14542 [6OC]