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(OCR Text with errors; See <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fD4R2xxZ0LeyVqmuqwMMzmWWvrXkAVY7/view?usp=sharing">PDF</a> for complete text)<br /><br />All supporters for the Struggle for Human Rights FROM & KDP RE: ATMES CRUZ CASE emple letter Mr. Lionel J. Castillo Commissioner, INS 425 J Street, N.W. Washington, DC20535 Mr. Castillo, We are gravely alarmed by the INS conduct toward Ms. Aimee Cruz, an important leader in the Filipino Community and the national com ordinator of the National Alliance for Fair Licensure for Foreign Nurse Graduates. Unless the INS explains its actions we an only con- clude that the surprise visit by its agents at her home in the early morning of May 2, their insistence of questioning her without any legal documents entitling then to do so and her scheduled hering on May 30 at the INS office in New York, are forms of harassment to stop her from proceeding with her valuable work in the Filipino Community. Your agents on questioning Ms. Cruz about her work in the NAFI FN are unjust. We see no reason for her to be treated as such. We DEMAND that the INS recognize Me. Oura's civil liberties and atop harassing her. The plan of subjecting her to new questioning be withdrawn, and that the INS provide an explaination for its actions. Citizen for Civil Rights, sample teleman Mr. Castillo, Weare alarmed of the INS's conduct toward Ms. Cruz, national co ordinator of the NAFL-FNG. We ask that the INS respect Ma. Crus's civil liberties and refrain from harassing her and her organization, withdraw its plan to question her on May 30 and give an explanation for its actions. #*This harassment of Ms. Cruz is in essence an attack on the Filipino Community's rights to fight against injustices.<br /><br />NATIONP\L f1Lllf1NCE FOR FAIR LICEN~UR<br />FOREIGN NUR~E GRftDUP\T~S OF<br />No. 1<br />INS<br />•<br />national bulletin •<br />FLASH I •<br />AGENTS HARASS NAFL<br />M-0. Afme.e. C1tuz ( le.6t) , Na,;ltonal Coo1tcunax.01t<br />o,6 the. NAFL-FNG, p1te1>.-i_cun9 ot 1e.TL 2n.d !Ja,;ltonal<br />Con,&e.1te.n~e. he.ld lMt ye.£l/l in Ne.w Yo1tk Cay .<br />Ma y 197 9<br />LEADER<br />Agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) tried to barge int o<br />the home of ~ts. Aimee Cruz, ational Coordinator of the NAFL-FNG. Ms. Cruz an d a<br />visiting woman friend were rudely awakened by INS agents who came to her Woodside<br />Queens apartment at 7:10 a.m. last Wednesday, May 2.<br />Ms. Cruz opened her door to find two agents flashing their badges and demanding<br />to get in. The agents said that they wanted to question Ms. Cruz about her organizin g<br />work among Filipino nurses. Ms. Cruz asked whether the agents could show a search<br />warrant or a warrant to show cause. Unable to do so, Ms _ Cruz denied them entry.<br />Agent Petrino then proceeded to ask Ms. Cruz questions about the NAFL-FNG while<br />Ms. Cruz continued to refuse to answer any question in the absence of her lawyer.<br />Petrino then shoved the door and barked "Get dressedJ you're coming with us downtown."<br />Cruz ada~antly refused and said "No, you're not ta~ing me anywhere, and if you take<br />one step into my door, you will be in clear violation of my rights."<br />( over)<br /><br />- 2 -<br />Realizing the futility of their intimidation tactics, Petrino backed down and<br />asked instead to speak to Ms. Cruz' lawyer. Cruz reminded the agents to stay clearly<br />outside of her door until she is able to reach her lawyer, , Mr. Ira Gollobin. The two<br />agents waited for two hours still peppering Cruz with questions and threats which<br />she firmly ignored, as she tried to reach her lawyer.<br />Cruz also decided to contact Commissioner Lionel Castillo in an effort to get<br />an explanation. Castillo was leaving for Europe, and his assistant, Mr. Ralph Thomas<br />responded to Ms. Cruz' call. Thomas talked to Agent Petrino whom Cruz allowed in to<br />take the phone. Petrino claimed that they were just "implementing a memorandum to<br />conduct an expeditious investigation". Inspite of Mr. Thomas' advise that they leave<br />Ms. Cruz' home, Petrino insisted that they would only do so if ordered by their<br />NY INS Supervisor. Thomas agreed to contact the agents' supervisor to order them<br />to leave.<br />Finally, the agents' supervisor, Mr. Stout, called Ms. Cruz and proposed that<br />his agents would leave if Ms. Cruz would agree to appear at the INS Office in New<br />York at some date. Ms. Cruz' lawyer and ~1r. Stout agreed on May 30.<br />Stout finally agreed to instruct his agents to leave after obtaining Ms. Cruz'<br />birthday and birthplace and her consent to meet with the INS (NY) on May 30 in the<br />presence of her lawyer. After having received the information which they requested,<br />Petrino nevertheless attempted to subject Ms. Cruz to further questioning. Ms. Cruz<br />got back to the telephone with her lawyer and only a very sharp reminder from Mr.<br />Gollobin that they (the agents) were already clearly out of legal bounds did the<br />two agents prepare to leave.<br />In an act of desperation, they left shouting and hurling threats in Ms.<br />Cruz' doorway, accusing her and her guest of being the "most impolite Filipinos<br />they had ever met. 0 Ms. Cruz calmly reminded them that awareness and readiness<br />to fight for the observance of one's individual rights are considered impolite<br />only by those who do not respect these rights, in the first place. The agents<br />continued with their rabid and foul threats with furiously shaking forefingers<br />declaring that "We will scrutinize your files, and if we find one single thing<br />and we can make a case on anything at all, we'll get you."<br />Harassment of the NAFL-FNG<br />Asked what this sudden visit by the INS agents could possibly signify, Cruz said<br />that "some forces out there do not like what the NAFL is doing in protecting the rights<br />of foreign nurses and they are trying to intimidate us to prevent our work from going on.<br />This can be the only reason for this harassment."<br />Cruz added that although she feels angry about the violation of her individual<br />rights, she is even more angry when she realizes that the harassment is directed<br />against the democratic efforts of groups and individuals, aliens and minorities in<br />particular, to fight for their democratic rights. She added, "Now I know how the H-1<br />nurse feels when faced with these forms of intimidation. Now I know how shattering<br />it feels to be treated like a criminal by the INS."<br />Chapters of the NAFL-FNG are calling for community meetings to discuss this<br />incident and to plan out a campaign to defend the leaders of the NAFL-FNG and the<br />organization as a whole from further harassment from the INS.<br /><br />- 3 -<br />ORGANIZE TO STOP INS HARASSMENT OF THE NAFL-FNG !<br />DEFEND THE NAFL-FNG AND ITS LEADERS !<br />In light of the recent actions of the INS to harass the NAFL-FNG and its leaders,<br />all NAFL Chapters, supporters and sympathizers must rally around a vigorous national<br />campaign to oppose and condemn these violations of our democratic rights as an organization<br />and as individual members. At stake here is the task to uphold these precious<br />rights and to fight all forces who attempt to violate them. The acts of intimidation<br />and harassment must be seen not only as an attack against the National Coordinator,<br />and the NAFL-FNG, or the democratic rights of foreign nurses, but is also an attack<br />directed against the Filipino community as a whole.<br />All NAFL Chapters must prepare themselves for a major activity that will call<br />upon everyone to work even harder and persevere even more in the face of these actions<br />from the LS. We will aim to inform the Filipino communities all over the U.S. about<br />these events and strive to mobilize the broadest numbers of Filipinos to stand up<br />and oppose the harassment of the NAFL··FNG.<br />In the present period, prior to May 30, we should aim to effect enough pressure<br />on Commissioner Lionel Castillo to conduct an investigation on the actions of these<br />two agents from the New York District Office and to present an explanation to the<br />ational Staff of the NAFL-FNG. We will demand that the May 30 meeting be cancelled<br />altogether as this meeting essentially represents one of the many intimidation tactics<br />which the INS-NY committed against the NAFL-FNG.<br />Following are some suggestions on how to unfold our work in every community:<br />Immediately launch a telegram/mailgram campaign directed to INS Commissioner<br />Lionel Castillo. Samples of this telegram and mailgram can be seen on page 4. We also<br />encourage original texts because these can be very effective.<br />Lists should immediately be drawn up. Target churchpersons, congressmen,<br />civil libertarian groups, human rights groups, and immigrant and minority organizations<br />first. In contacting them, explain the issue to each of them, send them a copy of<br />the press release or our Bullettin, and urge them to send telegrams immediately.<br />Telegrams from the above-named groups should arrive at Castillo's office<br />. 0 LATER THAN ~1AY 15, 1979.<br />Call a Filipino Community Meeting to form a Preparatory Defense Committee<br />Filipino community groups and organizations should be convened to discuss the incident<br />and the serious implications on the broader Filipino community. We should aim to be<br />able to unite as many forces as possible to support us in this campaign. A preparatory<br />Defense Committee (with the formation of working committees like Publicity, Outreach,<br />Finance, etc) should be formed with people already volunteering into the work. The<br />Defense Committee will be on "stand-by" until we kr.:.ow, based on the response of the<br />INS, what actions we wil 1 undertake after lvtay 30. (P.:-ior to ~1ay 30, everyone should<br />devote all efforts to getting more and more telegrams and mailgrams to Castillo's<br />office) The community meeting should be called no later than May 20, 1979.<br /><br />- 4 -<br />@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @<br />SAMPLE MAILGRAM<br />We are gravely alarmed by the INS' conduct towards Ms. Aimee Cruz,<br />an important leader in the Filipino community and the National<br />Coordinator of the National Alliance for Fair Licensure of Foreign<br />Nurse Graduates (NAFL-FNG). Unless the INS explains its actions, we<br />can only conclude that the surprise visit by your agents in Ms. Cruz's<br />home in the early morning of May 2, their insistence at questioning<br />her without any legal documents entitling them to do so, and her<br />scheduled questioning on May 30th at the INS Office in New York, are<br />forms of harassment to stop her· from pursuing her valuable work in<br />the Filipino community.<br />Your agents' insistence on questioning Ms. Cruz about her work<br />in the NAFL-FNG alarms us. We see no reason for her to be treated<br />as if her and her organization's efforts to stop the unjust deportation<br />of Filipino nurses were a crime. We demand that the INS recognize and<br />respect Ms. Cruz's civil liberties and stop harassing her; that its<br />plan of suhjecting her to questioning on May 30th be withdratJn, and<br />that the INS give an expalanation for its actions.<br />SM1PLE TELEGRAM<br />w~ are alarmed at the Immigration and Naturalization Service's conduct<br />toward Ms. Aimee Cruz, National Coordinator of the National Alliance<br />for Fair Licensu.re of Foreign Nurse Graduates (NAFL-FNG). We ask that<br />the INS respect Ms. Cruz's civil liberties and refrain from harassing<br />her and her organization, withdrCl1.J its plans to subject her to questioning<br />on May 30 and give an explanation for its actions.<br />SEND BY MAY 25, 1979 TO:<br />Mr. Lionel Castillo, Commissioner<br />Immigration and Naturalization Service<br />425 Eye Street, N.W.<br />Washington D.C. 20536<br />SEND CONFIW..AIION COPY OF TELEGRAM, MAILGRAM OR LETTER TO:<br />NAFL-FNG - 58-22 41st Ave, Woodside, N.Y. 11377<br /><br />- 5 -<br />CG FNS PRE-IMMIGRATION EXAMINATION C0~1ENTARY ON THE<br />Rx for H--1 Problem:<br />The Perils of Pallia-t i ves<br />As is well-known, an illness which<br />has reached an advanced stage cannot be<br />treated with simple cures which merely<br />bring relief or rernedia~ effects. A_thorough<br />d detailed diagnosis is necessary, the<br />;:tient's entire medical history is thoroughly<br />studied; the many symptorns_and the<br />progression of the illness are review~d a~d<br />analysed, and all the resultant complica~ions<br />of the illness are examined. Based on this<br />diagnosis, the prescription g~ven to the<br />patient include medication which can a~leviate<br />the discomfort or assuage the pain<br />caused by the illness. In order to :eally<br />cure the illness, however, more radical<br />forms of treatment are prescribed (surgery,<br />for example) in order to excise the root<br />cause of the illness.<br />While palliatives do serve an important<br />function in any treatment process,<br />these must be recognized as such: mere palliatives.<br />The perils begin when we confuse,<br />or worse yet, substitute these temporary<br />measures for real and basic cures to the<br />illness or the problem.<br />The problems faced by nurses on H-1<br />visas are very complex and many, all rooted<br />in a host of injustices perpetrated from<br />several quarters.<br />There is the Philippine end of deceptive<br />recruitment where unscrupulous and<br />profit-hungry recruiters have stuffed their<br />· pockets with cash payments from nurses in<br />exchange for falsified passports or visas<br />(at worst) or shoddy orientations deliberately<br />meant to leave out the harsh realities<br />and problems yet to be faced by the nurse<br />so eager to find economic refuge in the<br />United States (at least).<br />Then there is the seemingly indomitable<br />State Board examination which close<br />to 85% of FNGs fail. The examination itself<br />seems to fall far short of what it alleges<br />to test (nursing competency). Initial studies<br />have revealed its shortcomings in the test's<br />validity in terms of "job-rel~tedness";<br />Further, it is known to contain cultureloaded<br />test items. To make matters w~rse,<br />there is a complete absence o~ any type<br />of government or hospital assistance to_<br />the FNG trying to obtain licensure. _Review<br />classes specially geared to the review<br />needs of FNGs are non-existent. Those .<br />which exist are mostly commercial enterpr1<br />ses motivated by profit and therefore low<br />in quality. In addition, it is very rare .<br />to find hospital administrations who prov1<br />FNGs whom they recruited with adequate<br />"educational hours" or time-off from work<br />in order to review for the State Board<br />examination.<br />The inevitable failure in the exam<br />brings the FNG to the bottom of the tenqer<br />trap. Once there, all tenderness is gone ,<br />for then, they begin to be subject and<br />open targets for stark forms of exploitatia<br />and discrimination. They are forced to<br />accept jobs at lower pay and 1mder worse<br />conditions for their survival is now<br />critically linked to holding on to this<br />job, no matter what. Under this state,<br />the pursuit of justice, fairness, equality,<br />job rights, become anathema to them for ·<br />this can become a threat to their jobs,<br />and therefore their survival.<br />In a belated act of concern, the<br />Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing<br />Schools (CGFNS) designed a plan to stem<br />this problem. It has administered the<br />worldwide pre-immigration examination which<br />essentially determines a nurse's ability to<br />obtain an H-1 visa to immigrate to the U.S.<br />Ostensibly designed to halt the exploi<br />tation of FNGs in the U.S. by a "screening"<br />process which could indicate a "reasonable<br />index of the FNG's ability to pass the Stat<br />Board examination in the U.S.", the whole<br />idea is a mere palliative which is intended<br />to arrest the problem in its size and<br />dimensions, and does not constitute a<br />thoroughgoing solution to the injustices<br />(con' t p. 6)<br /><br />..<br />- 6 -<br />to which H-1 nurses have been and will continue<br />to be subjected to, with or without<br />pre-immigration examinations.<br />By administering an examination in<br />the nurse's home country, the CGFNS hopes<br />that the number of FNGs who will eventually<br />gain entry into the U.S. will be limited to<br />those who show the highest possibility of<br />passing the State Board examination. In<br />this context, the CGFNS also consists of the<br />five parts of the State Board examination:<br />medical, surgical, obstetric, pediatric<br />and psychiatric nursing.<br />The whole idea has some limited<br />value to it in so far as it mitigates the<br />deceptive character of the recruitment<br />process. At least, nurses who are still<br />in their home countries can get a clear<br />idea of what is required to hurdle the State<br />Board examination and therefore gain a more<br />truthful sense of the situation that they<br />will have to face in the U.S.<br />However, this seems to be the only<br />positive thing going for the FNG in the<br />CGF~ S scheme. All in all, the plan seems<br />to benefit the ANA, the NLN, the HEW ar ~<br />the INS more than the FNGs. It merely<br />serves to trim down the scale and dimensions<br />of the problems arising out of their recruit~<br />ment of foreign nurses. In addition, this<br />scheme, presented to us as some type of a<br />"cure-all" to the H-1 problem, is in fact<br />only one of several other reforms which<br />should be effected if we are to really<br />speak of justice for the FNGs. In and of<br />itself, this pre-immigration examination<br />falls far short of delivering real justice<br />for the FNGs.<br />First of all, passing the CGFNS<br />examination is no guarantee for passing<br />the State Board examination in the U.S.<br />Hence, the FNG who passes the CGFNS exam<br />still stands the risk of failing the State<br />Board examination and ending up with the<br />same tragic fate which H-1 nurses have faced<br />long before this pre-immigration examination<br />was instituted.<br />The probability of failing the State<br />Board examination (even if one has passed<br />the CGFNS exam) remains very high. For one<br />thing, there will be many test variables<br />which will affect the FNG's performance<br />while taking the examination 10,000 miles<br />away from home. The testing environment,<br />for example, will be radically different<br />for it would then be contaminated with<br />serious pressures borne by the FNG --pressure<br />arising from their knowledge that<br />failure in the exam can be disastrous for<br />them and their futures; the pressure of<br />adjusting and acculturation in a country<br />where they have just arrived. Furthermore,<br />until it is confirmed that the State<br />Board examination has been normed against<br />an FNG sampling, and has been rid of any<br />type of cultural bias, the possibility of<br />failing in this exam is still very real for<br />the FNGs, not\vi thstanding success with the<br />CGFNS exam.<br />If the CGFNS were really serious in<br />their protestations to "prevent the exploitation<br />of FNGs and to look after their<br />welfare in the U.S.", there are only two<br />courses of actions it could take.<br />The first, which we believe is the<br />simplest and most upright action,would be<br />to administer the actual licensing examination<br />in the home countries, with no other<br />examination to be hurdled in the U.S. In this<br />way, the process of recruitment completely<br />negates any risk for the FNG to get "trapped"<br />in the U.S. with visa or employment problems~the<br />conditions which make the FNGs vulnerable<br />to exploitation.<br />The second course of action is that if<br />the CGFNS insists on this pre-immigration<br />exam, this could only be viable if it is<br />implemented alongside and together with<br />other reforms which it must undertake in<br />order to createfair testing conditions for<br />the FNG who will try to complete licensure<br />in the U.S. (after passing the CGFNS exam).<br />Aside from this pre-immigration examination,<br />therefore, will the CGFNS work for review<br />programs for FNGs? Will it convince or<br />oblige hospital administrations to provide<br />adequate review hours to the FNGs whom they<br />have recruited? Will the INS continue to<br />offer deferred departure statuses to those<br />who may not pass the examination on first,<br />second, or even third take? Will the CGFNS<br />undertake efforts to assure that the examination<br />is rid of any cultural bias?<br />In implementing this pre-immigration<br />( con' t p. 7)<br /><br />- 7 -<br />(con't Perils of Palliatives from p. 6)<br />examination in the absence of the other necessary reforms mentioned above, the CGFNS<br />seems to imply that the essence of the H-1 problem is principally linked to the quality<br />of nursing education obtained by the nurse in their home countries. Hence, a selective<br />process effected by pre-testing, would solve the problem for the CGFNS.<br />It is high time that this contention be refuted. The simple truth is that as soon as<br />FNGs are recruited into U.S. hospitals, they get assigned, and have fared well in critical<br />care or int~nsive care units. How does one then reconcile then that it is these same nurses<br />who find themselves failing the State Board examination? The truth of the matter is that<br />the high rate of failure is directly linked to the quality and fairness of the review<br />conditions under which FNGs are made to take and pass the State Board examination. Given<br />better testing conditions, that is, free from pressures of survival or the threat of<br />deportation, the H-1 problem would not exist.<br />The CGFNS pre-immigration examination is a palliative to the H-1 problem. In and<br />of itself, the heart of the H-1 problem is unresolved, and there will still be no real<br />justice for the FNGs -- both for those who are already here and caught in the trap,<br />as well as for those who will come, clutching a CGFNS certificate in their hand, with<br />their hopes and expectations much higher, and who will receive nothing more than wishes<br />of "Good Luck" from the CGFNS, the INS, the ANA, the NLN and the HEW.<br />It could be the same story all over again, only this time, it could be more tragic .<br />NAFL-FNG<br />P.O. Box 960<br />Woodside, N.Y. 11377<br />T 0<br />* * *<br />• .<br /><br />•<br />• NAFL ° FNG NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FAIR L.ICUlSURE<br />OF FOREIGN NURSZ ~OATES<br />58-22 41st Ave., Woodside, N.Y. 11377<br />(212) 458-6369 or 677-2509<br />S A M P L E L E T T E R .... __ ._.. _____ --~-- -<br />Inunigration and Naturalization Service {INS)<br />Commissioner Lionel Castillo<br />425 I Street<br />Northwest, Washington DC<br />Dear Com. Castillo:<br />20536<br />I (we are) am gravely alarmed by the Inunigration and Naturalization Service's<br />conduct towards Ms. Aimee Cruz, an important leader of the Filipino community and<br />a National Coordinator of the National Alliance For Fair Licensure Of Foreign Nurse<br />Graduates (NAFL-FNGl. Unless the INS explains its actions, I (we) can only conclude<br />that the surprise visit by its agents at her home in the early morning of May 2,<br />their insistance of questioning her without any legal documents entitling them to<br />do so and her scheduled hearing on May 30 at the INS office in New York, are forms<br />of harrassment to stop her from proceeding with her valuable work in the Filipino<br />community.<br />Your agents insistance in questioning Ms. Cruz about her work in the NAFL-FNG<br />is unjust. I (we) see no reason for her to be treated as such and her organization's<br />efforts to stop the unjust deportation of nurses as a crime.<br />I (we) demand that the INS recognize Ms. Cruz's civil liberties and stop harrassing<br />her, that the plan of subjecting her to questioning be withdrawn and that the<br />INS provid~ an explanation for its actions.<br />Sincerely,<br />Signed<br />SAMPLE MAILGRAM<br />INS (Immigrationaand Naturalization Service)<br />Commissioner Lionel Castillo<br />Northwest, Washington DC 20536<br />I (we) am alarmed of the INS' conduct towards Ms. Aimee Cruz, National Coordinator<br />of the NAFL-F~G (National Alliance For Fair Licensure Of Foreign Nurse Graduates.<br />We ask that the INS respect Ms. Cruz's civil Liberties and refrain from harrasinq<br />her and her Organization, withdraw the plan of harrasing her on May 30 and give an<br />exolanation for its actions. Signed.<br />..,./"---<br /><br /><br />AIVf.:l f\A I lt'UfVAIV-May ,o-J,, , ::II:, • ~<br />NAFL~F NG_ Coordinator I Interview With : Aimee Cruz:<br />I<br />In the early morning hours oil May. ' · Miss Aimee <Jruz 18 the target of minorities in thi!i country -<br />. d politic. al harassment of the INS_ for her What 1·s at stake m· this issue is our<br />2,, agents of the Immigration an h d .~ f h h f<br />Naturalization Services (INS) tried to role. in t e e,ense o t e ng_ ts o task to uphold these rights that are<br />,. barge into the home of Ms. Aimee foredi gn ndu rshes. . 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Furiously shaking their forefingers,<br />they declared, "We will scrutinize<br />your file and if we find a single<br />thing and we can make a case on<br />anything at all, we'll get you."<br />Ms. Cruz has charged the INS with<br />harassment. ''Some forces out there<br />do not like what the NAFL is doing in<br />, protecting the rights of FNGs and they<br />are trying to intimidate us to prevent<br />our work from going on.''<br />The NAFL-FNG has been in the<br />forefront of defending the rights of<br />FNGs recruited to work in U.S . .<br />hospitals. In an agreement ·directly<br />t<br />right organization. - harassment last May 2.<br />. Rudely awakened by banging on the -Editor ,5 Note AK: How do you foresee fighting<br />door of her Woodside, Queens apart- .<br />1<br />againsi this harassm~nt?<br />ment in New York City, Ms. Cruz was I ANG KATIPUNAN: What do you CRUZ: The first thing we should do<br />accosted by two agents flashing bad- } think was the reason for the INS action is realize that this act of harassment<br />ges an~ demanding to get in. The last May 2? does not indicate a reflection of the<br />agents said they wanted to questi~n AIMEE CRUZ: I think that the INS strength of the INS. Rather it is a<br />Ms. Cruz about her work. as the aimed to harass me. I believe that the reflection of the strength of the<br />coordinator of the National Alliance reason for this harassment cannot be NAFL-FNG ru_id its work.<br />for Fair Licensure for Foreign Nurse anyting but an indication of the In that light, we in the NAFL-FNG<br />Graduates (NAFL-FNG). . . .1 justness and effectiveness of the work feel there is no room for -intimidation<br />For three hours, the two agents i of the NAFL-FNG. ~his is an organi- and neither are we afraid. We are<br />attempted to intimidate Ms. Cruz into zation that I helped establish two confident that this act of harassment<br />letting them in and answering their years ago and which I've been actively . will not prevent us from going on with<br />questions. Refusing tQ be cowed, Ms. involved in since.. · the work that we've done in the last<br />Crμ.z contacted her lawyer and the INS Some forces out there do not like year and a half.<br />office in Washington, D.C. ... · what the NAFL-FNG is doing, particu- That's why the NAFL-FNG has<br />Finally, after negotiations between larly its task of protecting the rights of mobilized all chapters to rally around<br />Ms. Cruz' lawyer and .the INS New '. foreign nurses. By trying to intimidate a vigorous campaign to oppose and<br />York Commissioner, .an INS hearing . the organization, they think they can condemn the violations of our demo-<br />~as set on.May 30. The two agents stop our cause. This can be the only cratic rights as~ organization and as<br />. reason for the INS harassment. individual members.<br />negotiated with INS Commissioner<br />Lionel Castillo, Ms. Cruz and the .<br />NAFL successfully halted the deportation<br />of foreign nurses who failed the<br />nurses licensure examination. They re<br />currently negotiating for an extension<br />of this agreement.<br />Chapters of the NAFL-FNG are<br />caHing for a community meeting to<br />discuss the incident and to plan out a<br />campaign to defend the leaders of the<br />NAFL-FNG and the organization as a<br />whole from further harassment' from<br />the INS. □ '<br />'<br />AK: After the incident you made a<br />statement that the INS action was also<br />an attack on the democratic rights of<br />the Filipino community. What do you<br />mean?<br />CRUZ: I view the incident as an<br />attack not only agains1t my individual<br />,;ights nor the rights of FNG's who<br />have organized to defend their rights<br />in the U.S.<br />It is also an attack on the Filipino<br />. community who have expressed overwhelming<br />support for the FNG.<br />It is also an attack against groups,<br />individuals, and other organizations<br />who have .taken upon thcm~elves to<br />AK: What action do you plan to do?<br />CRUZ: The NAFL-FNG will demand<br />an explanation from INS Cornmissioner<br />Lionel Castillo as to why his<br />agents insist on my responding to<br />their questions without showing legal<br />documents that would have entitled<br />them to do so. We demand that the<br />INS stop all further harassment of our<br />organization and our individual tnembers.<br />We believe that the May 30 hearing<br />to which I .have been summoned<br />should be cancelled because it clearly<br />represents one aspect of the harassment<br />process. □<br /><br />SAMPLE LETTER<br />District Attonney Michael D. Bradbury<br />800 So Victory<br />Ventura, California<br />Dear District Attorney Bradbury,<br />September 2, 1979<br />I am a member of the (LAv SF, Seattle, etco) Filipino<br />community and the case of Dr. Bienv~nido Alona has come to my<br />attention. I strongly believe he is being prosecuted unjustly<br />for charges of criminal per~ury.<br />The basis for your insistence to prosecute Dr. Alona appears<br />to stern from hihgly suspicious motiveso This is clearly indicated<br />by the fact that there were initial attempts on the District<br />Attorney's office part to eagerly prosecute Dro Alona for negligence<br />in the daeth of Nicole Bond last August 28, 1970. However,<br />this scheme was foiled only because the DA's office had no jurisdiction<br />over Dr. Alona as th~ incident took place on Federal<br />grounds. A subsequent ~---~, ~ naval i11vestigation has already<br />found and concluded that Dr. Alona had acted properly and gave<br />proper treatment and care to tha child. Inspite fo these findings,<br />it seems that these have even further influenced and i biased<br />you adversely against Dro Alonao<br />In the trial of Timothy Read, where Dro Alona was called<br />to testify, it seems clear to me that your adverse fe~ling .- • · ··:<br />against Dro Alona and your definite intent to prosecute him<br />one way or another is clearly shown aby the~fact that no memtion<br />was made at all about the possibility of a second set of burns<br />even after this was brought to your attention by Dr. Alena's<br />military counselo<br />In this light, I conlclude that the charges of criminal<br />perjury filed against Dr. Alona stem from highly suspicious<br />motives on your part. This whole incident is definitely<br />s rneared with unmistakable racist ovorto11es. I stronly demand<br />that these charges be dropped.<br />Sincerely,<br /><br />-<br />NAFL ° FNG NATIONAL AU.I.ANO: ~OR FAI:R Lic:NSURE<br />CF FOREl:GN NURSE GaADOAT:!S<br />58-22 41st Ave., -Woodzide, N.Y. ll.377<br />(21. 2) 458-6369 or 677-2509<br />F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E<br />=-=s==s===================================<br />INS AGENTS F..ARRASS NAFL-LEADER<br />Agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) tried to barge into<br />the home of Aimee Cruz, National Coordinat0r of the National Alliance For Fair<br />Lic~nsure Of Foreign Nurse Graduates (NAFL-FNG).<br />Ms. Cruz and a visiting woman friend were rudely awakened by INS agent who came<br />to her Woodside Queens apartment in New York City, May 2, 1979.<br />The NAFL~FNG has been in the forefront for defending the rights of FNGs recruited<br />to work in the U.S. hospitals. In an agreement directly negotiated with<br />INS Conmissioner Lionel Castillo.,: Ms. Cruz and the NAFL successfully halted the deportation<br />of foreign nurses who failed the nurses licensure examination. They are currently<br />negotiating for an extension of this agreement.<br />Ms. Cruz op~ned her door to find two agents flashing their badges and demanding<br />to get in. The agents said they wanted to question Ms. Cruz about her organizing<br />work with the Filipino nurses. Ms. Cruz asked whether the agents could show a search<br />warrant or a warrant to show cause. Unable to do so, Ms. Cruz refused the two agents<br />entry.<br />Agent Petrino then proceeded to ask Ms. Cruz questions about the NAFL-FNG. Cruz<br />continued to refuse to answer questions in the absence of her lawyer. Petrino then<br />shoved the door and barked, "Get dressed. You're coming with us downtown."<br />Ms. Cruz adamantly refused and said, "No, you're not taking me anvwhere. An if<br />you take one step into my door you will be in clear violation of my rights."<br />Realizing the futility of their intimidation tactics, Petrino backed down and<br />asked instead to talk to ~s . Cruz's la~er, Mr . Ira Gollobin.<br />. The two agents waited for t"llO hours still pestering Ms . Cruz w.1 th auestions and<br />threats which she firmly ignored as she tried to reach her lawyer.<br /><br />Page 2<br />Ms. Cruz also decided to contact INS Commissioner Lionel Castillo in an effort<br />to get an explanation. As Castillo was leaving for Europe, his assistant Mr. Thomas<br />responded to Ms. Cruz's call. Mr Thomas talked to agent Petrino who . Ms. Cruz called<br />in to talk on the phone. Petrino claimed that they were just "implementing a memoran- 1<br />dum to conduct an expeditious investigation."<br />Inspite of Mr. Thomas' advice that they leave, Petrino insisted that they would<br />only do so if ordered by their New York supervisor. Finally, their supervisor,<br />Mr. Stoup said that his agents would leave if Ms. Cruz would agree to appear at the<br />INS office in New YOrk at some date. Ms. Cruz and her lawyer agreed to a date on<br />May 30.<br />Mr. Stoup finally agreed to instruct his agents to leave after obtaining Ms. Cruz's<br />birthplace and birthdate and .her consent to meet with the INS New YOrk . pn May 30<br />in the presence of her lawyer. After having received the information they requested,<br />Petrino nevertheless attempted to subject Ms. Cruz to further questioning.<br />Cruz returned to her lawyer and told the agents a reminder from Mr. Gollobin<br />that they were already clearly out of leg~i bounds and the two agents prepared to<br />leave.<br />In an act of desperation the agents left, shouting and hurling threats in -·-<br />r1s. Cruz's doorway, accusing her and her guest of being the most "impolite Filipinos"<br />thev have ever met. -<br />Ms. Cruz was quick to remind them that awareness and readiness to fight for the<br />observance of one's individual rights are considered impolite by only those who do<br />not respect these rights in the first place.<br />The agents continued with their rabid and foul threats by furiously shaking their<br />fingers, declaring that "We will scrutinize your file and if we find a single thing<br />and we can make a case on anything at all we'il get you.'<br /><br />Page 3<br />HARRASSMENT ON THE NAFL-FNG<br />Asked what the sudden visit of the INS agents could possibly signify, Ms. Cruz<br />said, "Some forces out there do not like what the NAFL is doing in protecting the<br />rights of FNGs and they are trying to intimidate us to prevent our work form going on.<br />This can be the only reason for this harrassment."<br />Ms. Cruz added that although she feels angry about the violation of individual<br />rights, she is even more angry that the harrassment is directed against the democratic<br />rights of groups and individual aliens, minorities in particular, to fight for their<br />democratic rights. She added, "Now I know hoaw the H-l nurse feels when faced with<br />these forms of intimidation. Now I know how shaterring it feels to be treated like<br />a c~iminal by the INS."<br />Chapters of the NAFL-FNG are calling for a community meeting.to discuss the<br />incident and to plan out a campaign to defend the leaders of the NAFL-FNG and the<br />organization as a whole from further harrassment from the INS.
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Sacramento Anti-Martial Law Alliance - Chapter Notes: Aimee Cruz (Fenkell Papers, Box 1, Folder 13)
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Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
National Alliance for Fair Licensure for Foreign Nurse Graduates (NAFL-FNG)
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Documents from the Sacramento Anti-Martial Law Alliance's on Aimee Cruz. Cruz was the National Coordinator for the National Alliance for Fair Licensure for Foreign Nurse Graduates (NAFL-FNG). Her role with NAFL-FNG was noted by the harassment by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
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Nina (Liz) Fenkell
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1979
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