Word: respondents
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last fall he was outraged by President Clinton's welfare bill, which deprived legal immigrants of some benefits. As one of the country's most prominent immigrants, Soros felt he must respond. He did so at once, setting up the Emma Lazarus Fund (named for the writer of The New Colossus, the poem excerpted in the inscription on the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor..."), to which he pledged $50 million over three years. Legal immigrants represent only about 6% of those on public aid, he points out, yet they took more than 40% of the cuts...
...rate of serious crime in the U.S. has fallen to levels not seen since the early 1970s, public fear of crime has reached an apex. TV transmits vivid pictures of actual violence into the nation's living rooms on a daily basis in more and more graphic detail. Politicians respond to the mounting public fear with declarations of war on drugs and crime that resonate with voters, from presidential to local elections. They also play well to the police culture. As a result, powerful police unions endorsed mayors Rudolph Giuliani in New York and Richard Riordan in Los Angeles...
...danger of such military patrols is that they operate according to rules different from those of other law-enforcement agents. Moving stealthily about in camouflage gear, soldiers are under general orders not to identify themselves, not to fire warning shots and to respond to any perceived lethal threat under the military's "rules of engagement"--which means, roughly, shoot to kill. This is what happened to Hernandez, who had fired his weapon twice in the direction of the four Marines. Family members say Hernandez often carried a gun to fend off predators, and it is not clear whether he knew...
...actually found the crash of a Federal Express plane at Newark International Airport not long ago a more persistent personal concern than the UPS strike. I tried to respond to the news on a high level--to express gratitude that nobody was seriously injured, to listen thoughtfully to interviews about whether the incident has anything to teach us about improving runway safety--but I couldn't help wondering whether that plane was carrying an important FedEx package for me. Who from? How am I supposed to know...
...threats from the drug gangs, who say his work brings unwanted attention to them. "Even the good people ask why I do this, because it makes everyone look bad, like we are all involved." Tobon sighs, knowing he will receive another phone call--and knowing how he will respond...