Word: intentionally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hardly accountable to anyone, the INS inteprets laws as it wishes--often contrary to the intent of Congress--and introduces unnecessary fear into the lives of basically innocent individuals. It, and it alone, decides who can stay in this country and who must...
...country since 1982 have a stake in the country and that only legalization can prevent employers from exploiting immigrant labor, Congressional compromise ended debate on the amnesty issue. Is the INS unsatisfied, or does it wish to exploit nativist fears in order to expand its powers? Whatever its intent, the Immigration and Naturalization Service could do us all a service by easing off and not going out of its way to create confusion and to instill fear into the lives of countless individuals...
Will the reshuffling of portfolios add up to a major change in policy? Arguments cut both ways. No, the fundamental balance in the government has not changed. Shamir is as constrained by the coalition agreement as Peres was. Peres has affirmed his intent to continue his conciliatory Arab policy as Foreign Minister...
...Dade County grand jury believed him and declined to indict Rasheed for manslaughter because he had acted without the intent to kill. Even so, it added, negligent or intentional killing solely to protect property, "should never be tolerated." The grand jurors' decision was a locally popular one, but the mixed signals they sent had some people worried. "Their actions will probably speak louder than their words," says Criminal Justice Professor William Wilbanks, of Florida International University. "Most people are going to think the grand jury said that Rasheed did the right thing...
...heavyweight bag of arms, armor and other accoutrements of civilization. This junk boldly symbolizes the burden of his sins, and watching Mendoza struggle with it, we do not know whether to weep or laugh. But we savor this psychological ambiguity in a movie that is generally much more intent on mining a vague political message from a backwoods imperialist tragedy...