Mr. President. Blanca Rosal. a Guatemalan refugee seeking political asylum in this country. recently heard the State Departments recommendation on her case. The answer was no. The advice. if adopted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. could kill her. Blanca Rosal is the mother of two small children. She is the only parent they know. their father. Jorge. disappeared after his abduction by paramilitary squads on August 4. 1983. Though Blanca herself was repeatedly threatened and kept under close surveillance by Army intelligence agents following her husbands kidnapping. she had the courage to meet and comfort other bereaved relatives of the disappeared in Guatemala.
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