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Gramm: Immigration bill unfair
to people waiting for citizenship
By Bob Grube
Staff Writer
Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, believes the recent
immigration bill, which passed Congress by a
substantial majority last session, will grant am
nesty to illegal aliens, but is an injustice to the 1.9
million people who have waited years to become
U.S. citizens.
But Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., one of the
-sponsors of the bill, believes the issue at hand is
not the people waiting to legally enter the United
States, but rather what to do about the people
who entered the United States illegally but have
been here for years and built their lives here.
Simpson is not just blindly sponsoring the immi
gration bill.
“Sen. Simpson has been involved for the last
eight years with the problems of illegal aliens,”
Hill said in a telephone interview T hursday. “He
was appointed by President Carter in 1978 to the
U.S. Committee on Immigration and Refugee Is
sues, which also included Father Hesberg and
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.).
“In 1980, he was appointed chairman of the
these illegals have been in this country foravenj
long time and have lived productive lives. Mm
have children here and some even have grand!!
children here. We just can’t uproot their livestl
kicking them out of the country.
“The bill recognizes those who have thelou
Gramm’s press secretary, Larry Neal, said in a
telephone interview Thursday that Gramm is ad
amantly opposed to the bill and will lead the way
in amending it when Congress reconvenes in
January. Gramm was unavailable for comment
Thursday because he was in a special meeting
with the new senators.
“Many of these people have waited
several years for citizenship and
some have waited a decade or
longer. Sen. Gramm believes this is
very unfair to them. ”.
— Larry Neal, Sen. Phil Gramm’s
press secretary
est commitment to the United States.”
Neal said Gramm will spearhead a revisionoll
the law when Congress reconvenes by introdut-l
ing a series of amendments to the law.
One of the amendments Gramm will inir.H
duce calls for the creation, within the SocialSeutj
rity Administration, of a telephone verificatiTj
system to allow employers to verify that thtsociiH
security card and number actually belongtoikH
employee who is presenting it.
Another amendment Gramm wants to intr&H
duce will require the Social Security Adminisirj
tion to issue tamper-proof cards made of papt j
that is similar to currency paper, with raisedltil
tering and figures.
Neal said that the closer the amnesty bill cam c
“He (Gramm) felt the amnesty provison of the
bill was unjust to the people who are going
through the legal channels for United States citi
zenship,” Neal said. “Many of these people have
waited several years for citizenship and some
have waited a decade or longer. Sen. Gramm be
lieves this is very unfair to them.”
committee. The committee’s recommendations
make up the bulk of the immigration bill. The
recommendations are not just those of Sen. Sim
pson. The senator is no stranger to the illegal
alien problem.”
Rodino was unavailable for comment Thurs-
to being law, the more document forgery shop
appeared on Mexico’s side of the Texas-Mext j
border. Neal said these shops provide ille^H
aliens with forged birth certificates, driver'stl
censes and green cards.
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Neal said that the bill was sponsored by con
gressmen who are from states that do not have
the same magnitude of illegal alien problems that
the border states have. The bill was co-sponsored
by Simpson and Rep. Peter Rodino, D-NJ.
day.
Simpson’s press secretary, Mary Kay Hill, said
Simpson is not unfeeling toward the people who
have chosen to enter the United States legally,
but that that is not the issue. She also said that
The bill becomes law when Congress recon
venes in January and affects only the illegal
aliens who entered the United States after Jan. 1,
1982. Any illegal alien who entered the country
before this date will be given temporary resident
status and can remain on that status as long as he
wants, Hill said.
“The immigration law was passed to prevent
witch hunts for illegal aliens,” Hill said. “Some of
"We (Texas and other border states) must(kI
with the problem,” Neal said. “They (non-bordri
states) do not. It was clear from the debateonikl
Senate floor that improvements need tomadtOEi
the bill.
“From the passing of the bill, it seems thatiI s
gals are being given preference over thepeopl™.
who have tried to enter the United States legal! In 1
W'e won’t have it that way.
“The bill seems to be an attempt to solve the i[Br
legal problem, but it is a poor attempt Se-ffi
Gramm wants to change that.”
School bans
Stephen King
horror novel
CLEVELAND (AP) — Parents’
complaints about a Stephen King
horror novel have prompted school
district officials to remove the book
from the classroom and keep it in a
restricted part of the high school li
brary.
Several parents and residents
have applauded the removal of “Sa
lem’s Lot” and also have pledged to
actively oppose the school’s use of
other books they deem objectiona
ble.
Charles Barker, superintendent
of the Cleveland Independent
School District, said T hursday that
several parents who attended a
school board meeting earlier this
week were opposed to the book,
which deals with the escapades of
vampires in a New England town.
“I’m the one who made the deci
sion to take it out of the classroom,
but I would not take it out of the
high school,” Barker said.
A copy of the book is in the Cleve
land High School’s reserved section
of the library. A student cannot
check the book out without parental
permission, Barker said.
Speaker: Status of Muslim women
highly distorted by Western medio
By Patty Pascavage
Reporter
The status of women in Islam
is grossly distorted by the West
ern media, a Muslim woman told
about 200 Texas A&M students,
faculty members and guests in
Rudder Tower Thursday night.
Khadija Fouad, a microbiology
student at Indiana University, be
came a Muslim six and a half
years ago.
In a speech sponsored by the
Muslim Students Association,
Fouad said that while the myth of
Muslim women is one of igno
rance, oppression and subservi
ence, they are, in fact, active lead
ers and participants in business,
religion, politics and scholarship.
She said the veils Muslim
women wear over their hair are
sometimes viewed as a means of
oppression of the women. But,
she said, the veil is worn to show
love for God.
“Muslim women’s rights are
protected from birth to death,”
Fouad said. “Islam liberates
women in their spirituality.”
Fouad said that because wom-
for their daughters. Accordingio
Fouad, however, each voun?
woman can refuse to marry.
Muslim men are encouraged
through their religion to be fair
and refrain from mentally and
physically abusing their wives,she
said. And if a marriage doesn't
work, she said, the woman hastht j
right to file for divorce.
Islam permits polygamy—hav
ing two or more wives at the same
time — but only 2 percent of
Muslim marriages worldwide are
polygamous, she said.
Khadija Fouad
en’s rights are regarded as God-
given, they are permanent.
She said Muslim women have
both financial and personal inde
pendence, and also have the right
to own and manage their own
property. In addition, she said,
most women keep the same name
throughout their lives to show
pride in their individuality.
Since the family unit is the
foundation of their religion, Mus
lim parents often choose spouses
She said }>olygamy exists, butis I
strictly regulated by the Koran,
the Muslim book of scriptures.
“Ideally, polygamy shouldonh
be practiced if a woman cannoi
fulfill her wifely duties due toil
ness, or if she cannot bear chil
dren,” she said. “The Islamicpo
sition on polygamy is not
encourage it; rather, it is to pro!
tect the rights of everyone con
cerned in the relationship when
and if it (polygamy) does occur.
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