The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 21, 1986 Page: 1 of 13
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Prospector
Tuesday October 21, 1986
Immigration bill attacked
Prospector Raff
Immigration legislation that
passed last week took several
“blows" from organizations in
El Paso
The Simpson-Rodino immigra-
tion reform hill was IS years in
the making because of the bill’s
wording and organizations like
the Hispanic umbrella group. El
Concilio de El Paso, and the
League of United Latin American
Citizens.
The law will penalize
employers who knowingly hire
undocumented worker* and of-
fer! amnesty to illegal aliens who
have lived in the United State*
since Jan 1. 1982
Patricia Roybal Sutton,
chairperson of El Concilio, said
the law placed an "undue
burden" on employers and will
result in discrimination against
Hispanics in the work force
"I can foresee we (El Concilio)
Homecoming royalty
Prospector photo by Grace Saenz
Christy Miller and Carton Acosta, homecoming queen and king, smile and wave to the crowd
in the Sun Bowl at halftime during the Miner's homecoming game. The homecoming festivities
included a pep rally, a bonfire with music provided by The Street Boys, a parade featuring cam-
pus fraternities and sororities and pre-game Chill Cook Off. School spirit was prevalent
throughout the week. For more homecoming coverage, see pages 6 and 7.
count, ” she said about the law’s
impact on the community. “It is
obvious now that they (Immigra-
tain and Naturalization Sevice)
have more authority."
Roybal Sutton said El Concilio
was deeply concerned over the
number of Hispanic legislators
who voted for the passage of the
legislation. She added El Concilio
could do nothing more but help
the community through voter
registration
“We will wage a massive
education program to inform the
people of their right* and protec-
tions,” the said "We are also
going to become more vigilant
about whom we vote into office
and make them accountable for
their actions.”
Oscar Martinez, UT El Paso
history professor and director of
Inter-American and Border
Studies, said that because of the
University’s location it was a
“corridor” for illegal alien* lie
Mid this situation would lead to
students being asked to prove
their citizenship on campus
"The right* of people are go-
ing to be violated," he said
“People in the interior of the
country don't have this problem
There probably will be increas-
ed tensions invariably because
immigration officials will stop
people that are U S citizens, and
that create* a problem with
discrimination "
Martinez added if immigration
official* enforce the law with a
specific focus on maids, the
economy of El Paso would suf-
fer because working mothers de-
pend on makdis to help supplement
their income
John Garcia, LULAC district
director, said the organization
supported El Concilio m oppos-
ing the law, but were seriously
concerned with the contradiction
in the admission of foreign
agricultural worker* and the
employer sanctions
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The Student Newspaper orso
The University of Texas at EPeso
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critics
that portion of the law
Oscar Martinez
"They want to stop un-
documented people from entering
the U.S.," he said, “but then
they turn around and grant a
‘bracerro-like’ program for
agricultural worker* What kind
of legislation is this?"
Garcia was troubled with the
wording of the agricultural
worker program and condemned
the NAACP (National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Col-
ored People) for going along with
Protestors seeking divestment
seize UT Austin prez‘s office
Ry Eddie Elfers
Staff w rerr
A group of protesters deman
ding immediate and total div ex
mem of an t T System hilire
fice of UT Austin President
William < unningham yesterday
University police smashed
through windows and doors to ar
rest the protesters, who entered
the office on the fourth floor of
the Administration Building at
about 8 am and asked that all
employers leave Cunningham
was not in the office at the time
"They Mid they were taking
over the office and everyone
should evacuate,” Mid Ed Sharp,
one of three office employees
who refused to leave
Campus spokesperson Joyce
Pole Mid the group closed the
glass doors to the office and lock
ed them w ith chains, then issued
a statement saying no one would
be hurt.
"We will continue this action
in all schools in the University
System" until all UT System
INS reports that a record 1 8
million illegal aliens will be de-
tained this year INS officials said
they do not know how the law
will be enforced became of its re
cent passage, but are antic ipating
a lot of work
Foreign farmworker* in the
country three years before the bill
became law can apply for perma
nent status in January 1988, pro-
vided they worked in agriculture
for 90 days from 1985 to May
1986
Martinet said he anticipates
changes in the law became of un-
foreseen problems
"We will just have to wait and
see what will happen with the im-
plementation of the law," he
said "I foresee many change* in
the law, not only because of un-
foreseen problems, but problem*
that were foreseen, espec wily the
enforcement capacity to deal with
the Hispanic problem of
discrimination “
economic tie* with South Africa
are severed, the group’s state-
ment said it added all future ac
tions would remain non-violent
Joe Yonan, new* editor of the
I t Austin Daily Texan, said the
group consisted of B3 UT Austin
-mudents and three non-students,
inchaling members of political
groups such av the Steven Biku
C immittee and Democracy in
Academia
Yonan Mid 1 I Austin plann
ed to press charges, which may
inc lnude criminal trespassing and
criminal mischief charge* as well
as disruption ol educ ational
activ ities.
The takeover lasted approx
imately thirty minute* before
police moved in, Yonan Mid
‘Several hundred people
rallied on the West Mall" alter
the arrests, he Mid. adding no in
juries were reported
Upon learning of the inc ident,
I I II Paw President Haskell
Monroe expressed concern, but
Mid he was not aw arc of any such
unrest at I I El Paso
Overcoming bottle as ‘best friend’ takes lifetime
By Eddie Elfers
Staff Writer
"It had been my best friend."
She was talking about "the bot-
tle." Booze. Alcohol.
Stella Moore, a volunteer
worker with the El Paso
Alcoholics Anonymous office,
said she is a "recovering
alcoholic.”
She explained participants in
the AA program refer to
themselves as "recovering" in-
stead of “recovered" because
they believe alcoholism is a
disease which can never be cured,
• only controlled. And the
alcoholic, she added, can only
control his disease if he chooses
to do so.
Such personal freedom of
choice is only one of the themes
of National Collegiate
Alcoholism Awareness Week,
which began yesterday at the
University and other campuses
across the nation
“I really believe our society is
waking up to a freedom of
choice," said Don Paulson,
director of University Counseling
and Testing Services.
The University Health Service
and Paulson's office will host
speakers on alcoholism
awareness at 7 p.m., tomorrow,
in the Mine Shaft.
"It's basically an educational
effort for people who have ques-
tions." Paulson Mid "We've in-
vited the fraternities and
sororities, and the residence hall
RA’s."
The program, which is open to
students and the general public,
is geared toward increased public
awareness of the physical and
mental problems which can result
from alcohol abuse, he Mid
"The things we’re learning
about alcoholism are becoming
more and more frightening," he
said. "It's a difficult Issue
because nobody wants to
recognize it. Our society is good
at denial."
Moore agreed denial is the big-
gest problem in alcoholism She
said an alcoholic must face his
problem before he can control it.
And until the alcoholic faces
his problem, she added, he faces
some alarming statistics.
Quoting an AA publication,
Moore Mid between 35 and 64
percent of drivers in fatal
automobile accidents are
alcoholics, as are up to 50 per-
cent of the victims of fires and
drowning* She added the
chances an alcoholic will commit
suicide are 30 times greater than
those of a non-alcoholic
The disease can strike anyone,
and many researchers believe
some people have hereditary
predispositions toward alcohol-
ism, Moore said
However, Moore said she
believes the AA program is an ef-
fective means of controlling the
problem.
"We’ve got close to 3,000 par-
ticipants from all ages and all
walks of life," she said "If you
want to stay sober and happy. AA
works.”
Paulson said alcoholism treat-
ment is available on campus
through the counseling service
"We do see a fair number of
students with whom alcohol
abuse is a problem," he said.
Paulson and other counseling
service mployees will be mann-
ing tables in the Union today and
tomorrow He urged students
with questions about the disease
to stop by an information table or
attend tomorrow night's meeting
at the Mine Shaft
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