Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihopb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihopb!berman From: berman@ihopb.UUCP (Rational Chutzpah) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion Subject: It Cant Happen Here Message-ID: <658@ihopb.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 09:37:48 EST Article-I.D.: ihopb.658 Posted: Tue Jan 15 09:37:48 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:23:21 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 38 Xref: watmath net.politics:6869 net.religion:5290 ==================================================== We get enough self-righteous mouthings on this net about the "evil empire," so here's some cheerful news about the respect for religion and human beings in Ronald Reagan Land: "The Justice Department [sic] announced 16 indictments and more than 60 arrests today in a crackdown on church groups accused of smuggling [refugee] aliens from Central America. "The indictments were based in part on evidence gathered by four UNDERCOVER AGENTS WHO, WEARING CONCEALED TAPE RECORDERS ATTENDED CHURCH MEETINGS in Tucson about helping people flee from El Salvador and Guatemala to the United States. "....... those indicted said that they had helped refugees enter the United States as part of a movement to provide sanctuary to people who face persecution and death squads in El Salvador and Guatemala" "The indictments included a Protestant minister, two Roman Catholic Priests and three nuns... "'The Government has planted bugs on its agents and has infiltrated the church from within' said Rev. John Fife of the Tucson Southside United Presbyterian Church. "Approximately 10 churches in New York and New Jersey have given sanctuary to Central Americans..." NY TImes 1/15/85 ...Shades of the Underground Railroad! Andy Berman ==================================================================