Mr. Brutus has been teaching in America at the college level since 1971. In August 1981. his petition for immigrant status was approvedbut he cannot take advantage of this approval because that would require him to leave the country. and he would not. under Reagan administration policy. be readmitted. In a manner wholly incompatible with our traditions. the administration will not even tell Mr. Brutus why they insist on his deportation. and why he would be excluded if he left the country to apply for a visa. But there does not appear from the record to be any ground other than his active opposition to apartheid in South Africa. for which that government charged him under their "Suppression of Communism Act"-an act which in fact functions as a suppression of the basic liberties of blacks. coloreds. and those whites who oppose South Africas racism. America would be enhanced. not threatened. by allowing this determined foe of racism to find refuge here from the vindictive and brutal Government of South Africa. For this reason. I have filed H.R. 3705 to allow Mr. Brutus to take advantage of the successful petition he filed for a third preference immigrant visa. I hope the administration will drop its illadvised effort to cooperate with South Africa by jeopardizing the safety of this enemy of racism. But if the President continues to force Mr.
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