The Nation - News from Dec. 5, 1985
More than 70 members of Congress, citing the U.S. image as “a refuge for the oppressed,” urged the Reagan Administration to grant political asylum to 33 Afghans detained by immigration authorities in New York. The 33 have arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport at various times since April, 1984, and are being held while they appeal rulings ordering them back to the countries from which their flights originated. Most came from Pakistan.
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