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LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR
As part of the Omnibus Budget bill signed by the President this month, the Lautenberg Amendment making special provisions to allow in Jewish and evangelical Christian refugees from the former Soviet Union and Indochina into the United States.
Concerns have grown about an anti-Semitic backlash against Jews in Russia now that the economy in that country has collapsed. The Lautenberg Amendment changes the standard for refugees in that country. It is enough to show membership in particular protected groups as opposed to specific persecution.
As in past years, the Lautenberg Amendment has been given a one year extension.
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