A recent press account noted that "Communist mines have blown one or more limbs off about 1.600 people. 950 military. and 650 civilian. Of the civilians. its estimated that a quarter to a third are children." While it is true that anyone can apply for political asylum. it is clear that this process is not responding to the needs of Salvadorans. So far this year. 88 percent of Nicaraguan asylum applications have been approved. Only 3 percent of Salvadoran applications received the same treatment. This raises the question: Are we giving preferential treatment to Nicaraguans because we oppose the Sandinista regime. while denying refuge to Salvadorans because we support Duarte?
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