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Another student asked about the difficulties in reconciling his membership in the Republican Party with his sexual orientation...
...such, there exists no basis for making claims about what our opinions "tend to be." As the only person authorized to send messages to our e-mail list (which is the only means of contacting our large membership), I know that the Crimson did not take a poll of HSI membership. Therefore, the article must be basing this claim on assumptions or hearsay, neither of which has a place in an objective news article. Our members' views range greatly across the political and ideological spectra on all issues...
...even if the Israelis pull back their troops and Yasser Arafat is able to muster the requisite political authority to stop young Palestinians from marching on their positions - and right now that's a very big "if," as not only his Islamist opposition but even much of the grassroots membership of his own Fatah organization has virulently and openly opposed the agreement at Sharm el-Sheikh - the latest agreement may only temporarily separate the combatants on each side...
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a refugee is entitled to asylum if he or she faces "persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion." The legal standard is essentially the same for refugees like De Santiago seeking permission to stay, or what is officially known as the "withholding of removal." In recent years, the definition of a social group has stretched to encompass gender (women facing genital mutilation in Togo) and sexual orientation (gay men in Mexico). For the first time, the disabled...
...schizophrenic whose circumstances echo De Santiago's. He lost his residency as a result of a felony conviction. The judge found it likely that the 42-year-old man would suffer persecution in China, which advocates sterilization for the mentally ill, and agreed that the man had proved his membership in a "particular social group." A California judge issued a similar ruling in De Santiago's case, but the executive office for immigration review has filed a notice of appeal, writing that the judge "erred in finding that those individuals in Mexico who are 'mentally ill' are members...