He has an international reputation as a poet and as an opponent of apartheid. the system of racial separation. At the present time. Professor Brutus is awaiting the decision of a deportation hearing which was held in Chicago last month. If the court orders him deported. the consequences could be disastrous. Leaving the United States could actually jeopardize his life. Professor Brutus last entered the United States on February 25. 1980. in order to continue his teaching assignment at Northwestern University. His visa status at that time was classified and approved by the Immigration and Naturalization Service as Hithat is. a person of distinguished merit or ability. Such visas are granted for a period not to exceed 1 year. and are renewable for increments of 1 year thereafter at the discretion of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. At the time of his entry. Dennis Brutus. a native of Rhodesia. carried a British passport.
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