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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1979
Judge is for language
United Press International
HOUSTON — A federal judge
hearing a school case Tuesday said he
believed American education should
include more language training in
Spanish and English, starting in the
first grade.
“It’s just appalling to me as a judge
that this country has so neglected its
neighbors to the south,” U.S. Dis
trict Judge John V. Singleton Jn.
said.
Singleton said, “It’s embarrassing
to me at my age, it’s such a defect” to
speak only one language. He said it is
a tragedy that school children are not
required to learn both Spanish and
English.
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plight of the other Indochinese
refugees.
Cheng, his wife, and six children
left Cambodia for a short stay in
France before they were given re
fugee status and a sponsor in the Un
ited States. They were resettled in
Milwaukee in 1975, then came to
Houston in 1978 to work with the
YMCA program.
Although he was a wealthy farmer
and businessman in Cambodia,
Cheng lost everything when the gov
ernment collapsed. He came to
America knowing no English, and
initially worked on a construction job
to support himself.
The YMCA refugee service is one
of many such charitable organiza
tions across the United States. The
YMCA places refugees in jobs, finds
housing and transportation for them
and gives them language and voca
tional training. UNICEF, the Red
Cross, and the International Reset
tlement Commission also work to re
settle refugees.
Organizations get a few govern-
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and staff, but no money is given for
refugee resettlement, said Flanagan.
The YMCA acts as a sponsor for re
fugee families, but churches, civic
groups or individuals must co
sponsor the families.
“The president has said that we
can take 14,000 refugees a year, ” said
Flanagan, “but we cannot take one
person unless they have a sponsor.
Sponsorship is not a legal obligation,
but it is a moral obligation, to help
people out until they can become
self-sufficient. ”
A Gallup poll released in Septem
ber said most Americans have mixed
feelings about the refugees. Almost
six out of 10 opposed any change in
immigration policy that would per
mit entry of more refugees, yet a
majority said the refugees should be
welcome, and almost half said they
would like some of the refugees to
settle in their communities.
Although there have been few
specific incidents of violence against
them, a dispute over refugees’
fishing rights in the Texas coastal
town of Seadrift earlier this year re
sulted in one death. Flanagan said,
though, that little of this resentment
has been seen in Houston., “I’m
not really aware of any animosity,
though I’m sure there is some,” said
Flanagan. “For the most part, peo
ple have been very accepting. I think
part of that is because the economy is
so good.”
Texas is second only to California
in the number of resettled refugees.
Texas has resettled more thn 20,000
refugees since 1975. The weather, a
warm, humid climate similar to that
of Indochina, draws many refugees
to the southern stes.
Some would-be refugees are not
fortunate enough to have the money
to pay for transportation and bribes
to public officials that would open
the doors for esc The best estimate
from a survey of officials working
with refugees throughout Indochina
is that governments pocket an aver
age $1,500 from each man, woman
and child they allow to leave.
Such is the case for the family of
Truong Thuy, an English specialist
and teacher for the YMCA service.
Truong, who holds an English de
gree from the College of Notre
Dame of Maryland, came to the Un
ited States on a student visa and
scholarship in 1970.
“I wanted to go home to be a
teacher,” said Truong, but her plans
were ruined by the communist
takeover of Vietnam. Now Truong’s
family, five sisters and her mother,
are in Vietnam without the money to
leave. She has not heard from her
family in over nine years. She is wait
ing for the day that she has enough
money to sponsor her family’s escape.
“Everything I worked for I got,”
said Truong. “Right now my only
dream is for my family to be here. I
feel like I’ve lost them.”
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and 10 p.m. in Rudder Theater. Admission — $1.25. (G)
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GROMETS-MSC RECREATION: Will have a meeting at 8 p.m, jI
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Choir will perform from 12:15-12:45 p.m. in the UniversityNatk|
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STUDENT “Y”: A Christmas service will he held at 8 p.m. in the MSC |
Lounge. Rev. Dan Reihing will speak.
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HOUSTON — Cesar Chavez and
two dozen United Farmworkers Un
ion members used signs, flags and
chanting in an attempt to convince
passersby to “help us out” and
boycott a brand of non-union lettuce.
A few people stopped to chat,
some motorists honked their horns
and reporters hovered around
Chavez for interviews downtown
Tuesday, but most people watched
for only a moment or scurried past.
“Help us out, brothers and sisters.
I know you like nice fresh veget
ables. We’re the people who bring
them to you. We’re not asking for
much. We’re asking you not to buy
this brand, ” Felix Sanchez of Monte
Alto yelled.
He and others waved signs and the
red flags of the UFW.
Chavez said the UFW wants to
force Bruce Church Inc. of Salinas,
Calif, which UFW has been striking
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said.
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farmworker organizing, said Brno
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