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Solarz Promotes
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To Emigres
Rep. Stephen Solarz, (D-
N.Y.), is getting in touch with
his constituents — in
Russian.
Solarz, who represents a
district that includes the
largest concentration of re-
cent Soviet emigres in the na-
tion, has been working over-
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to about 1,500 Soviet emigre
households, primarily in the
Brighton Beach and Ben-
sonhurst neighborhoods,
Solarz described some of the
cases that have come to his
attention. One involved a
young Soviet Jew who was
tortured by police. But in
Rome, he was denied refugee
status because, in the words
of INS examiners, he lacked
a "well-founded fear of
persecution."
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Guarded Approval
For The New
INS. Commissioner
Jewish activists are reac-
ting with guarded optimism
to the expected appointment
of Gene McNary as new com-
missioner of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service.
According to Capitol Hill
sources, McNary's appoiht-
ment capped a long tug-of-war
between Attorney General
Dick Thornburgh and Sen.
Alan Simpson, regarded by
many as a champion of the
current commissioner Alan C.
Nelson.
Nelson has been under fire
from immigration advocacy
groups and Soviet Jewry ac-
tivists because of his focus on
illegal migrants and his
management of the agency.
And Nelson has earned
special criticism from Jewish
groups, who have been baffl-
ed by changes in INS policies
that have resulted in the
dramatic surge in rejections
of Soviet Jews applying for
refugee status.
McNary, a longtime sup-
porter of President George
Bush, is currently county ex-
ecutive for St. Louis County.
He is being promoted by the
administration as a tough
manager.
Stephen Solarz:
Reaching out to emigres.
Bill Would
Point Finger
At Syria
time in recent months, in-
tervening on behalf of Soviet
Jews stranded in Italy
because of recent changes in
U.S. refugee policies. Most of
these cases are brought to
Solarz' attention by relatives
in his district.
Now, Solarz is blowing his
own horn a little — and in the
process, providing his
Russian-speaking consti-
tuents with some badly need-
ed information on efforts to
clear up the refugee tangle.
In a letter mailed this week
Congress is taking a grow-
ing interest in the renewed
slaughter in Lebanon.
Last month, Rep. Ed
Feighan, (D-Ohio), introduced
a resolution calling on the ad-
ministration to press for an
immediate cease fire and to
support actions to implement
the Lebanese constitution.
Now, Feighan and Rep.
Larry Smith, (D-Fla.) are
hammering out an amended
resolution zeroing in on the
critical role of Syria in the
Lebanese carnage. [11
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