MIM Notes 36                   March 3 1989

Court approves asylum stigma

A federal court in Brownsville Texas upheld an Immigration and 
Naturalization Service requirement that new immigrants seeking 
political asylum "remain at the point where they entered the country 
until their applicaiton is processed." (NYT, 2/1/89/, p.8)

"The policy, which was put into effect Dec. 16, trapped thousands of 
refugees in the Rio Grande Valley with only trees and makeshift 
tents for shelfter." (p.8)

In essence, La Migra has decided it will starve and freeze the masses at 
the boarder until its ready to exploit there labor, then deport them.  
The Shah of Iran and Fredenand Marcos are given assylum while Mexicanos 
whoes land the Amerikan settlers stole are frozen out while fighting for 
the "right" to be abused in the agricultural labor market.  What did you 
expect?