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...certainly do appreciate Harvard's help. Itwould have been very difficult to manageotherwise," he said, adding that the tenants are"a great bunch of people," including a Blackprofessional family, El Salvadorean immigrants,and a single parent. Three of the six familiesreceive federal housing subsidies...
Wallace's group is at the forefront the Cambridge sanctuary movement. Last December, the task force took in an El Salvadorean refugee who has not received residency status...
...multi-party democracy" and that "there were signs of [human rights] improvement throughout the year." These statements are necessary in order to comply with the 1981 Act of Congress which stipulates the President must show that the government is bringing "an end to the indiscriminate torture and murder of Salvadorean Citizens." Thus, the Report states. "There was a significant decrease in political violence in 1982." This may be true, but political killings, torture and disappearances continued at high levels in 1982. Twenty-six members of ANDES, the national teachers union were abducted on August 20, and late tortured and imprisoned...
...spite of these and hundreds of other incidents that can be attributed directly to the Salvadorean government the State Department continues to report that "Whether the Government beats full responsibility for the crimes of certain rightist elements is difficult to establish. To many observers, it is even more difficult to establish that El Salvador has made any substantial human rights progress in 1982. However, the president has duly certified that the government of Roberto d'Aubuisson is fully eligible to receive approximately $125 million in direct military aid in fiscal year...
Current American policies will only prop up a right wing military that has prevented the Salvadorean people from determining their own future. Though the tragic situation in El Salvador will not necessarily be resolved solely by American action, we urge Americans to support the following steps...