THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1981 Page i WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1981 State Africans waiting in U.S.camp for political asylum United Press International William Tolbert’s government last April. The Malian’s Naturalization Service at Harlingen, said he expects a deci- “There’s more to it than just getting them oui BAYVIEW—As a high school student, Moses Joe fled from brother was slain. sion soon from the U.S. State Department on the Africans’ Wiemer said. “Someone will have to Be respons his homeland of Liberia last year during a bloody coup. Hop- Joe, whose father was a “security officer” in the Tolbert requests for asylum. ing them housing, food, clothing and medical c United Press International BAYVIEW—Asa high school student, Moses Joe fled from his homeland of Liberia last year during a bloody coup. Hop ing he would be allowed to continue his education without worrying about surviving each day, he escaped the country. Now Joe waits in a U.S. alien detainment camp near the U.S.-Mexico border. His most mentally stimulating activity is watching an hour of television and sweeping the dormitory floor for $1 a day. Joe, three other Liberians, and a Malian have waited almost eight months for a ruling by the U.S. State Depart ment on their request for political asylum. All had stowed away on a Spain-bound freighter. “My dad got killed,” Joe, 19, said. “They seized our prop erty. “I am afraid to go back. I am afraid they will put me in jail or maybe kill me." Fathers of the four Liberians were killed in the overthrow of William Tolbert’s government last April. The Malian’s brother was slain. Joe, whose father was a “security officer” in the Tolbert government, had hoped for refuge in Spain or Mexico when he boarded the freighter, but Joe and his four companions were refused entry at both nations. The cargo freighter docked at Freeport on Aug. 3, 1980, where the five Africans were arrested and 10 days later- moved to an alien detention center at Bayview. The Africans are confined to housing that resembles milit ary barracks, each unit holding a few dozen bunk beds and cots. Coulidaly Seldou, a Malian electrical engineer, said bore dom is the greatest problem facing the detainees. “We sit around all day,” Seldou said. “Sometimes they (Border Patrol guards) bring us a television for an hour or so. The food is terrible and insufficient.” Howard Boldin, director for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service at Harlingen, said he expects a deci sion soon from the U.S. State Department on the Africans’ requests for asylum. “If the Africans have been detained eight months, I do not anticipate it would take much longer to get a recommenda tion,” Boldin said. But the Rev. 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Th« minister said State Department officials have told him then has not been any report of a slaughter since the Tolbert coup “In fact, they (the State Department) said the Liberians art freeing political prisoners now,” Wiemer said. “But those men are convinced there is danger for them if they return.’ Boldin admits being more cynical about the Africans’ re quest for asylum, saying there’s may be only another case o) economic need. “I don’t mean to sound cynical or hard, but it would be greai if there was a place everyone could go,” Boldin said. “I thin! we would have to call it Utopia or the Garden of Eden, oi something like that.” Homicides in Houston show declim United Press International HOUSTON — Among the na tion’s five largest cities, only Houston experienced a decline ir! homicides last year, recording 644: killings in 1980 compared to 664 the year before, police saic Tuesday. 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