Of those people monitored. four deaths were recorded: two by natural causes. one in a bar fight over a disputed soccer game. and one in the processas a participantof an armed robbery. No deaths nor injuries were recorded due to the civil conflict in the country. I believe that this is the most conclusive one of a series of very convincing reports that all Salvadorans in this country should not be able to enjoy the privileges of a blanket suspension of United States immigration laws. While some Salvadorans certainly do have legitimate fears of violence above and beyond that of the average Salvadoran national. these are special people who may apply for United States refugee status through our political asylum system. Charges that this system is slanted by the present administration are inaccurate and misleading. since any denied applicant may then appeal his denial to the independent Federal judiciary. In addition. the record of reversal of administrative asylum decisions at the Federal court level is minimalsuggesting that charges of political favoritism in the political asylum process are not without a remarkable degree of political distortion themselves. The groups that are the most strident and raucus are simply those who just dont like Ronald Reagan worth a damn * * * or his policies in Central America. That is their real bitch.
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Generalization that Salvadorans do not have legitimate fears of violence.