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...Slavorum Apostoli, John Paul did not directly accuse the Communists of conducting religious persecutions, but his comment on the problems that beset the saints can be read as an allusion to the current trials of Catholicism in East bloc states. The Pope also appeared to be making a veiled reference to Soviet domination of Eastern Europe when he wrote that Cyril and Methodius "took as their own the difficulties and problems inevitable for peoples who were defending their own identity against the military and cultural pressure of the new Romano-Germanic Empire...
Diaz-Alejandro is out of the country and could not be reached for comment...
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...seems to be, to put it bluntly, un- American. This feeling not infrequently is reinforced by straightforward, ugly racism. Neil Rogers, who conducts a talk show on Miami radio station WINZ, last December broadcast a prediction of continued heavy Cuban immigration into South Florida and invited his listeners to comment. "Shoot them before they land," suggested one caller. More often, Anglos simply avoid contact with Hispanics. Bob Lansing, who runs a collection agency in Beverly Hills, grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles when it was predominantly Jewish. Now that it has become a Mexican-American...
...immigration reform may reflect a collective judgment that the minuses of reform still outweigh the pluses. Kentucky Congressman Mazzoli argues that the wearying battle to change U.S. immigration law is "not urgent, except in the sense that it is more difficult to obtain reform as time goes on." A comment from former California Governor Jerry Brown is also worthy of consideration. Eventually, he guesses, some form of an additionally restrictive immigration law will be passed. Then he asks, "But will it make any difference...