Mariel Cuban Detainees: Events Preceding and Following the November 1987 Riots : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session ... February 4, 1988, Volume 4

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Page 131 - We'll continue to provide an open heart and open arms to refugees seeking freedom from communist domination and from economic deprivation brought about primarily by Fidel Castro and his government.
Page 144 - And that cannot stop their tears. The young lambs are bleating in the meadows, The young birds are chirping in the nest, The young fawns are playing with the shadows, The young flowers are blowing toward the west : But the young, young children, O my brothers, They are weeping bitterly ! They are weeping in the playtime of the others, In the country of the free.
Page 143 - In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice.
Page 127 - I would ask that my entire statement be made part of the record. Senator PELL.
Page 220 - The Attorney General may in his discretion parole into the United States temporarily under such conditions as he may prescribe for emergent reasons or for reasons deemed strictly in the public interest...
Page 2 - I would appreciate it if the whole statement could be in the record. Mr. KASTENMEIER. Without objection, your statement will be received and printed in full in the record.
Page 77 - Mr. Chairman, members of the subcommittee: I welcome the opportunity to appear here this evening.
Page 72 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As you know, I have a prepared statement which I have submitted to the committee.
Page 239 - I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Page 2 - TESTIMONY OF HON. JOHN LEWIS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA Mr. LEWIS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing.

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