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Driving through Somerville and then onto Interstate 95, you may notice two or three big billboard signs. They are plain white with blue print and read: "Don't get left behind. Apply for legalization by May 4." They are put up by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), a federal...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Billboards: Threatening Signs for Illegals | 3/22/1988 | See Source »

The bargain was the Immigration Reform Act passed in 1986. It sacrificed greater vigilance against illegal aliens for what was considered a generous amnesty offer, provided the aliens registered by May 1988. But only a brave 6 percent of the expected applicants had taken advantage of the offer by November...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Billboards: Threatening Signs for Illegals | 3/22/1988 | See Source »

In Haiti and Central America, the homelands of the bulk of the immigrants eligible for amnesty, the authorities are not protectors but predators of the average citizens. And judging from their experiences here, the U.S. authorities are not much different. As noted by Rep. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), sponsor...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Billboards: Threatening Signs for Illegals | 3/22/1988 | See Source »

In light of this, you might think on your drive down the highway that those billboard signs are not the most appropriate means of convincing illegals to get in touch with the INS. An English message in harsh colors spelling out threateningly "Don't get left behind," visible only to...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Billboards: Threatening Signs for Illegals | 3/22/1988 | See Source »

In downtown Greensboro, a marker notes the 1960 Woolworth's sit-ins by black North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students. "Sure, you can't come in here as a black man and not feel a sense of history," says Terry Woods, a technician, as he sits at a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Away, Dixieland | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

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