Mr. Speaker. today Dennis Brutus finds himself on the verge of being deported from the United States. at clear risk to his life and security. As a result of a bureaucratic foulup in the winter of 1981. Professor Brutus application for a temporary visaa visa which he had been granted for each of the previous 10 yearswas rejected. After numerous legal appeals to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. he has been ruled deportable. With no explanation the State Department has denied his request for political asylum. I ask my colleagues to consider the life and career of Dennis Brutus. Distinguished scholar. poet. and teacher. he has been a tireless opponent of South Africas inhumane system of apartheid. a fearless activist on behalf of the cause of human freedom.
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