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•Ali_eJ1s / - ----------------,:;:;..__ co!t;;JS-~m Page~ worker. "We have real concerns that nei- goods and services such as medical The Rev. Douglas Regin, executive Hallstrom, who will serve as coor- ther the general public nor potential examinations, certification of docu- d1rector of Catholic Community Ser- dinator for the new San Diego-based applicants have gotten sufficient in- ments, fingerprints and photographs. vices, told the press conference his coalition, said the participating or- formation about how these programs "Initially, we want to encourage agency expects to help 12,000 to ganizations hope to dispel some of will work," Hallstrom said in an in- any individual who becomes aware 15,000 immigrants prepare their le- the fear and ignorance that she said terview before the press conference. of fraudulent or abusive practices to galization applications for submis- could keep potential beneficiaries To increase public awareness, she complain, and to that end we are sion to the Immigration and Natural- from coming forward to begin the said, coalition members are distrib- providing phone numbers where ization Service. He urged volunteers legalization process. uting information kits including one- complaints against attorneys and from the community to come for- She was joined at the press confer- page fliers printed in both Spanish non-attorneys can be filed," she said. ward to as ist in the process. ence by Regin, Poirot and Marco An- and English to non-profit organiza- Hallstrom said the coalition must "We need lawyers, people with tonio Rodriguez, executive director tions in ·San Diego and Imperial "be very aggressive in monitoring" clerical skills, people who can pro- of the Centro de Asuntos Migratorios. counties. vendors of legalization services and vide tr nsportation, filers," he said. All three men spoke for organiza- The flier briefly explains how im- in "encouraging investigation when Even with ample volunteer help, he tions that have joined the coalition. migrants should go about applying warranted." said, people guided by Catholic Com- Other participating agencies in- for legal residency. Hallstrom said "We are considering ourselves mumty Services will be charged a clude Access, the American Civil she hopes the sheet will be widely trying to gather information from fee to meet some of the agency's Liberties Union, the American reproduced, and that "we can com- immigration consultants. from the costs. Friends Service Committee, the municate through the media" what barrios and from attorneys with re- Carl Poirot, executive director of Anti-Defamation League of B'nai undocumented aliens should be pre- gard to both the kinds of services the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer B'rith, the Chicano Federation and pared to do. they are presenting and the costs," Program. said 25 local attorneys are the Jewish Community Relations The coalition wants to do what it she said. already committed to help alien Coun<'il can to hold down the costs of pursu- The state attorney general's office, cope with legal paper work and that Also: Jewish Family Services, the ing amnesty, Hallstrom said. The meanwhile, is investigating reports he hope· to rnlist at least 30 more. La Raza Law Students Association INS said yesterday it intends to of fraud perpetrated by some immi- He said the pro{;ram, which is sup- (USO), the Legal Aid Society, the charge most immigrants a $185 fee gration consultants, including notar- ported 1,y th Cvunty Bar Associa- Mex1co-U.S. Law Institute, Service to apply for legal status. ies public described as charging up tion will 1>Pt up clinics where groups Employees Local 102 and the Univer- Hallstrom said applicants also to 100 times the limit set by state law of ah~ can be couns led. sity of San Diego School of Law. could be faced with other costs for for filling out immigration papers.

San Olego, CA (San Diego co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 127,454)

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Tr1bun Staff Writi·r Sixteen community-service organ- 1zat1on , ranging from labor unions to religious groups, have joined t;;;-1 h Ip undocumented aliens who may I qualify for legalization under the n w immigration law Formation of the San Diego Imrni- gra tion Law Coalition wa an • noun d today at a pr conference at the Umversjty of San Diego. Orga;1zer al o called for volun- teers, from clerks to eligib11ity scr ners and lawyers, to deal with an expected flood of amnesty appli• catioru . Th group t veral goals for 1t- elf, including pubhc1zing the new law and helping to assure low-cost coon ling to 1mm1grants seeking to become legal residents of the United Stat . "It · ur in ntion to ensure that th law is implemented in a manner consistent with the intent of Con- gress, which is to provide a generous legalization program," said Carol Hallstrom, program director of the San Diego Law Center, which is ba ed at USO and Is a coalition member. Tens of thousands of prospective candidates for legahzatton are be- lieved living in San Qiego County. Plea ·e e ALIENS, ,\-8

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"We have the potential to be inun- dated with req.iests for assistance," he warned. Under the new aw, undocumented aliens c-an apply, during 1 one-year period beginning May 5, at any of 100 special offices to be established around the country by t.be INS. Locally, legalization offices will be m Mis 10n Village and Escondido. Allens seeking to qualify must prove that they have resided in the United States since before 1982 and have not been away from this coun- try for more than 180 days during that period. Applicants also must show that they have maintained a "continuous physical presence" in the United Stat ince Nov. 6, 1986 - the day the law wa signed - with absences of 30 days or less allowable only by pecial permission of the INS for emergency or humanitarian reasons. The law' other major thrust is to make It an offense for an employer to knowingly hire an undocumented

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Daily Transcript (Cir. O. 7,415)

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To Help Aliens Assistance Clinics Form At USD; INSFee Is Just Part OfLegalization Cost By PAULINE REPARD SanDi,goDaU. Tran.,,,-riptStaffllntu Sixteen loca. community, legal and ethnic erv1ce groups have formed the, an Diego Immigration Law Coalition to help undocumen- ted alien apply for amnesty under the new Immigration Reform and Control Act The coalition will as~ist a li1>ns in understanding the critena and wadin!," through the red tape m ap- plytng fo r le-gal status in the Unit- ed States. Assistance program1 are to be coordmated by [mv_e~i~ cf San Diego':;,, Law Center, which is a jotnt venture between the law school and the County Bar A.ssoci- ation. "The primary goal of the coali- tion," said Law Center Director Carol Hallstrom yesterday, "is to make low-<:ost legalization services available as wi dely as possible through t he region by calling on broad community participation by the voluntary organizations that will have the major responsibility in assisting legalization appli- cants." Formation of the coalition was announced yesterday at a USD press conference. With Hallstrom was Carl Poirot, executl ve director of the · n Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program. He said the program has already rounded up 25 attorney volunteers, and would like 50 more, to staff clinics to inform aliens of their amnesty rights. Clinics will be held at different locations every Tuesday starting April 28, Poirot said. The Legal Aid Society will arrange for classes of 15 to 20 aliens at a time. Lawyers not currently skilled in immigration law, he added, will be given a crash course and paired with someone ofmore experience to run a clinic. The clinic classes will give gen- eral information: amnesty appli- cants who need specific legal help, such as an appeal if they are denied legal status, will be referred to other lawyers, Poirot said. Also involved in the coalition is the Catholic Community Services. Father Douglas Regin, executive director, told reporters that church volunteers will be available to help applicants fill out forms or get legal assistance. "The government realizes it can't do this on its own," Regin sa1d "They need the participation of church groups and ot (Continued on Page

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23 at Padre Trail Inn, 4200 '.aylor St. The nomination and election of officers is on tap. The association will also have a dinner meeting March 25 on the rules regarding the administration of civil litigation. Pearl Taylor, Ron Overholt and Bob Krotzer of the county clerk's office will speak. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. at the Stardust Hotel. Call Reva Garvin at 238-0999 for more in- formation . * * * The county Bar will honor retir- ing Judges Gilbert Harelson, Wesley Buttermore, Donald Smith and Earl Maas at a lun- cheon March 27 at the U.S. Grant. Bob Payne, president of the San Diego Super Bowl Task Force, will speak. * * * The State Bar has announced the following disciplinary actic>ns: William Joseph Hermann, 40, of La Jolla has been suspended from practicing law foi· three years for failure to comply with a previ- ous order. Dennis Clark Kerr, 41, San / Diego, has been reproved. / * * *

• By deposing and discovering weaknesses you'll "be in a better position to have the party settle." On the question of whether fraud exists in documents, Whittington again offered three approaches: • Examine all documents. • Take a statistical sample of the documents. • "Focus attention on the docu- ments more likely to have fraud." Judy Hamilton, who chairs the Accountant Relations Committee, said that the committee became active again last year largely through the efforts of Mark Zatt. Hamilton is with Lowell, Robbin, Hamilton & McIntyre, and has an LL.M. in taxation law. * * * On the Move: Geraldine Crockett has been appointed chief deputy clerk of the Bankruptcy ' Court, replacing Leonard Poynar, who retired in January after 20 years. She previously served in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and in the administrative offices of the U.S. Courts. She has a masters of public administration from the University ofWashington. Superior Court Judge Dennis Adams will receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award for 1986 at a dinner dance March 28 sponsored by the USD Law Alumni Association. A:t'ams recently wrote "Path of Honor: The Story of Vi- sionQuest." William Sweeney, a graduate of USD Law School, has set up law of- fices in Rancho Bernardo. He has been general counsel to corpora- tions in New York, Ohio and Cali- fornia. • * * Deputy Attorney General Ted Prim will talk about open meeting laws in California at a meeting Saturday sponsored by the League of Women Voters. It's from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Boy Scout headquarters, 1207 Upas St. Cost is $2. For more information call 755-0639 or 297-3030. * * * The Legal Secretaries Assn. will hold a dinner meeting March

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Holt 3-for-4 in Toreros' 5-2 victor,y John Holt wasqf:?or_4 with two doubles and three RBI to lead the University of San Diego baseball team pa t visiting Georgetown Col- lege yesterday, 5-2. USD (14-9) used four pitchers, with sophomore Tony Battilega (2-0) the winner. The Toreros face visiting Nevado- Reno ln a Western Collegiate Athlet- ic Conference game tomorrow after- noon at 2:30. SPORTING GOODS CLASSIC Doug Davis was 3-for-4 with a two- run home run and five RBI to lead third-ranked Grossrnont (4-0) over visiting Kearny, 16-1. Mike Rendina was 4-for-4 with a double and six RBI, and L:!nce Dickson (2-0) won . .. Ryan Rusicil's bases-loaded double in the first inning led Hoover (1-4) past host Sweetwater, 6-1. Ken Feistel (1- 1) won ... Rigo Beltran had three hits and four RBI to lead host Pt. Loma , ) a 17-1 win over Bonita Vista. SOFTBALL NON-LEAGUE

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