Surely the situation in El Salvador and Nicaragua are comparable to the state of affairs in Poland. Afghanistan. Ethiopia. and Uganda which led the administration to provide temporary relief to the refugees. I was pleased to hear that President Reagan recently announced that Nicaraguans with a wellfounded fear of persecution will not be deported and those seeking a work authorization will be entitled to one. However. I was equally disappointed to learn that he continues to refuse to grant similar respite to Salvadorans. The causes of the emigration from El Salvador are very similar to those in Nicaragua. To claim. as the administration does. that hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans are leaving their homes and their families solely for economic reasons is absurd. Human rights abuses abound in both nations and their governments show little capability in ending the brutalities. Unfortunately. reports indicate that Salvadoran refugees. who came to the United States because they feared for their lives. are being harassed. threatened. and abused. Earlier this month in Los Angeles. a Salvadoran woman. who is politically active. was abducted. raped. and interrogated by men with Salvadoran accents. They asked her specific questions about others who are involved in her political group. which is generally sympathetic to the FMLN.
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