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...Parvey said that about 400 Chileans have emigrated to the United States, but Mendes estimated that the State Department has granted emigration visas to another 400 prisoners who are unable to leave prison for lack of a sponsor...
...Parvey said, the State Department has said that the refugees must be sponsored by a church, presumably because churches are more experienced and have more organized services for placement...
Sergio Reyes Soto was a university student when he was imprisoned, but was not a member of the Communist or Socialist parties, Parvey said...
...Parvey said that Soto is studying English as a second language at several schools, including the Harvard Extension School. He has worked in a factory and the church has arranged for loans. But Soto hopes to find a job to take advantage of his training as an accountant, Parvey said...
...Chilean refugee programs are struggling by comparison with programs for refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, Parvey said. Those programs benefited from massive government involvement and publicity while the Chilean programs are "just being done from the heart" by a few Jewish and Christian congregations...