Some confuse EVD with asylum. Asylum is grantedon a case by case basisto those who can prove an individualized fear of persecution. And this is granted under the authority of the Refugee Act. But even since passage of that act in 1980. it has continued to be necessary to temporarily protect whole national groups from deportationsomething this administration has done four times since President Reagan took the oath of office. Never in the history of EVD in this country. has it been demanded that a mortality rate for deportees be produced. Only now are critics of the Salvadoran EVD proposal asking for such a body count. But cries for body counts totally miss the point.
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