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From: jcp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Joe Pistritto )
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Sanctuary (Re: It Cant Happen Here)
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Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 15:05:59 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 18 15:05:59 1985
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Reply-To: jcp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Joe Pistritto )
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Sorry, must still disagree with you.  While there is provision in
US immigration law for refugees to enter the US, this provision may
only be used WHEN THE US GOVERNMENT CERTIFIES that the people in
question ARE refugees.  This is a decision made in the executive
branch of the government (Executive Order is sufficient).  For instance,
when the Mariel Cubans were coming in, the government certified them
as refugees, thus eliminating their illegal status (although they still
have to go thru normal in-processing via the immigration service).
The same thing was done for the Vietnamese who entered when Vietnam fell.

I say again:  Those people from Central America are ILLEGAL ALIENS until
the US gov't says otherwise, which makes anyone sheltering them in
violation of Federal Law.

Note: the international treaties on refugees are irrelevant, in the
past, the US only recognizes as refugees people WE certify as such.
There is no implicit right on the part of any non-US citizen to
enter the United States unless given permission by federal authorities.
This really is a matter of fact, not argument.

					-JCP-