Cuban Refugee Problem: Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees... |
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... coming to power in January of 1959 , some 275,000 Cubans have been given asylum in the United States . The influx was small in the early days of the Castro regime , but rapidly increased as the Cuban revolution gained momentum and its ...
... coming to power in January of 1959 , some 275,000 Cubans have been given asylum in the United States . The influx was small in the early days of the Castro regime , but rapidly increased as the Cuban revolution gained momentum and its ...
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... coming out of Cuba . The first category was the one you mentioned in your statement , and we thoroughly agree with you on this - reunited families . The second one is the one you ex- pressed a strong interest in - political prisoners ...
... coming out of Cuba . The first category was the one you mentioned in your statement , and we thoroughly agree with you on this - reunited families . The second one is the one you ex- pressed a strong interest in - political prisoners ...
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... coming to this country , would you give us some kind of profile on these people ? Mr. STEVENSON . By age group ? Of course . compiled by the Cuban Refugee Center in Miami . These figures were Thirty - one percent , have been up to 17 ...
... coming to this country , would you give us some kind of profile on these people ? Mr. STEVENSON . By age group ? Of course . compiled by the Cuban Refugee Center in Miami . These figures were Thirty - one percent , have been up to 17 ...
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... coming from East European countries to fill job needs in Central and South America . I am just wondering - we are working with our European friends in alleviating problems in Central America and Europe - what efforts they are assuming ...
... coming from East European countries to fill job needs in Central and South America . I am just wondering - we are working with our European friends in alleviating problems in Central America and Europe - what efforts they are assuming ...
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... coming at this time are coming to join families already settled here in , the United States , and the profile shows- Chairman KENNEDY . You estimated it is going to be 48,000 a year , and from your testimony you indicate that this is ...
... coming at this time are coming to join families already settled here in , the United States , and the profile shows- Chairman KENNEDY . You estimated it is going to be 48,000 a year , and from your testimony you indicate that this is ...
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Page 256 - Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Page 154 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee : It is indeed a pleasure for me to appear before this Committee to urge the enactment of new and higher ceiling legislation for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Page 99 - Location' (see page 1 of questionnaire) 1 Alabama 2 Alaska 3 Arizona 4 Arkansas 5 California 6 Colorado 7 Connecticut 8 Delaware 9 District of Columbia 10 Florida 11 Georgia 12 Hawaii 13 Idaho 14 Illinois 15 Indiana 16 Iowa 17 Kansas 18 Kentucky 19 Louisiana 20 Maine 21 Maryland 22 Massachusetts...
Page 14 - The Attorney General may in his discretion parole into the 'United States temporarily under such conditions as he may prescribe for emergency reason or for reasons deemed strictly in the public interest...
Page 78 - We are in close fraternal relationship with and support the Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugees and World Service of the World Council of Churches, whose headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.
Page 24 - The President set no limit on the new Cuban migration. He said: "The lesson of our times is sharp and clear in this movement of people from one land to another. Once again, it stamps the mark of failure on a regime when many of its citizens voluntarily choose to leave the land of their birth for a more hopeful home in America.
Page 184 - USC 1201 (g) ) is amended by deleting the period at the end thereof and adding the following : " : Provided further, That a visa may be issued to an alien...
Page 99 - Indiana 16. Iowa 17. - Kansas 18. Kentucky 19. Louisiana 20. Maine 21. Maryland 22. Massachusetts 23. Michigan 24. Minnesota 25. Mississippi 26. Missouri 27.
Page 162 - Young men or women, ages 16 through 21, who are out of school and out of work, and who can meet the Federal poverty criteria, are referred to the Neighborhood Youth Corps.
Page 115 - Gross domestic product (GDP) The value of all goods and services produced in a country...