Marroquin denied asylum
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umbrella organization known as the Assembly.
The Day of Protest was called to demand a halt to the austerity policies and the repression of the current regime, which is following the dictates of the International Monetary Fund. On the same day as the protest, the Employers Federation of the Mexican Republic sent out a press release denouncing the protest as "a provocation organized by socialist groups who are taking advantage of the suffering and the shortages experienced by the people-yet the suttering is precisely the result of the socialist policies followed by previous governments."
In the industrial heartland of Mexico, Mexico City and its surrounding areas, where one-half of industry and one-third of the population is concentrated, 19 different mobilizations were conducted: protests in factories and schools, the holding of meetings and marches, etc.
In a decision which could affect tens of thousands of political refugees fleeing repression by U.S.-backed dictators, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25 refused to hear Hector Marroquin's case for political asylum. The court ruling therefore leaves standing a lower court decision that Marroquin be deported. This is a serious blow to the democratic rights of all working people in this country.
Marroquin is a is a Mexican-born socialist who fled government repression in Mexico 10 years ago. For the last seven years he has been fighting INS efforts to deport him.
Marroquin has applied for permanent-resident status on the basis of his marriage to a U.S. citizen, but no decision on his case has been made by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
In a press release issued by the Political Rights Defense Fund, Marroquin noted the hypocrisy of the U.S. government, "which deports thousands of refugees fleeing death-squad violence back to El Salvador, while it welcomes Roberto d'Aubuisson, a well-known leader of the death-squads."
"At the same time," Marroquin continued, "the INS tries to silence outspoken opponents of U.S. intervention in Central America like myself through deportation, and it refuses visitor visas to critics of U.S. policy in Central America."
Socialist Action calls on all defenders of democratic rights in this country to send telegrams to the INS, demanding that Marroquin be immediately granted his permanent-resident status. Telegrams should be sent to INS Director, Commissioner Alan Nelson, Washington, D.C. 20536. Hector Marroquin