The Nation - News from Nov. 13, 1985
Federal officials in Washington helped direct an investigation of the sanctuary movement and rejected all alternatives but criminal prosecution, James A. Rayburn, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service agent who conducted the investigation, said at a pretrial hearing in Tucson for 11 people charged with conspiracy to smuggle Central Americans into the United States. Defense lawyers said their clients were singled out for prosecution and asked that charges against them be dropped.
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