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Demonstrators in Los Angeles on Feb. 17 protest INS round-up activists in Palestinian movement. See story on page 6.
Lessons of Vietnam antiwar movement, See pp- 9-12 ACLU field representative Marcia Gallo, "Not only will undocumented immigrants be under much greater pressure, but all REFUGEE SHELTER people of color, those who speak with an accent, and anyone who doesn't look 'American' will face increased job discrimination."
This rule will also have a much broader impact. The only truly verifiable document will be a federally issued identity card, an internal passport, or perhaps a South African-style passbook. A national computer bank would have to be set up.
The Jan. 1, 1987, San Francisco Chronicle reported that already "special phones to allow employers to identify holders of Social Security cards [have been] installed in a pilot program in El Paso, Corpus Christi, and Dallas." Everybody's work history will become a matter of government interest.
Debbie Lin of the Asian Law Caucus, one of the groups long active in defense of immigrant rights in San Francisco, called this proof-of-identity provision "an incredible intrusion into people's lives."
The new law was passed with bipartisan (continued on page 7, in “Michel Warshawsky must be freed!”)