The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 19, 1987 Page: 1 of 12
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Petition submitted to oust former assault suspect
By Ken White
Amlean Torographer
A petition in oust i Barry Hall resident
previously charged with sexual assault
earlier this year has been submitted to the
Dean of Student Affairs
The petition was circulated in the dor-
mitory for two days and contained 65
signatures when it was submitted to Dean
Jose Avila on Wednesday afternoon
The petitioners’ request to have Dwight
Meyers, 19, removed from the dorm was
submitted despite a report that charges
against Meyers and two other freshman
football players were dropped by the
district attorney However, the charge for
possession of a knife against Roderick
Richard, II. is Mill pending
The assault charges were dropped when
the alleged victim, an 18-year-old woman,
failed to press charges against Meyers;
Richard; and Charles Edward Lewis, 19.
The three were originally charged in con-
nection with the sexual assault on Jan 19
Contrary to an article in Wednesday’s El
Paso Times, Meyers is Mill living in Barry
Hall and is enrolled at UT El Paso
Christy Vasquez and Peggy Watkins,
authors of the petition, said they are try-
ing to have Meyers removed because they
believe he has intimidated the female
population of the dormitory
“He’s Mill the same toward the girls,”
said Vasquez "He'll Mill try to make ad-
vances and he Mill makes crude comments
"I know more than five girls whose
parents want them out of the dorms because
of what’s happened and became he’* Mill
there The parrot* feel that this t* grounds
tor breaking the (dorm resident) contract "
Meyer* was contacted by The Prospec-
tor but refused to comment on the petition
and accusations
Avila accepted the petition He said the
case wa* Mill under investigation on cam
pus although criminal charge* have been
dropped
“I have to abide by the idea that someone
1* innocent until pence guilty," Avila told
the petitioners
Since no charge* were filed. District At-
torney Steve Simmons could not accept the
case Because of this, Avila believes the
case has been damaged
"I'm in the process of getting the facts,”
he said. "I'm pursuing this It’* not easy
for me to say 'Hey, get out of the dorms!’
Students have rights I will pursue it and
will attempt to resolve it without conflict "
Avila said he would try to work with the
Athletic Department on die matter and ask-
ed the petitioners to give him a week to
resolve the conflict
Simpson-Rodino
The Prospector begins a three-part series on immigration reform
RsFORDE
Organization focuses efforts on undocumented
By John Gutierrez-Mier
As the Simpson Rodino Im-
migration and Reform Law shifts
the public's attention toward
amensty. several local organiza
tions are focusing their efforts on
the undocumented workers who
will not qualify
"Our organization is not doing
much paperwork processing for
qualified applicants," said Debbie
Nathan, coordinator for LIBRE
il League for Immigration & Border
Rights Education). "We realize
that most undocumented workers
will not qualify under the law's
strict provisions."
Under the provisions included in
the law, only workers who have
been in the United States since
before Jan. 1, 1982, will be eligi-
ble for amnesty
Also, any undocumented worker
who received federal aid during his
or her stay in the United States will
be immediately considered
ineligible.
Nathan speculated that only
30,000 of the estimated 60,000 un-
documented workers in the El Paso
area will apply for amnesty
She explained that LIBRE’s ef-
forts will focus on protecting un-
documented workers and inform-
ing them of their rights
"With the new legislation,
workers will have fewer rights, it's
a way of making employees work
harder for less pay and no protec-
tion," Nathan said.
She added that in the past, un
documented workers would file
complaints against employers
without fear of remaining
unemployed.
is that if an. children. ”
employee wat hired after Nov 6.
1986, hi* or her employer i* in
danger of being lined under the
law That in turn lead* to un-
documented worker* fearing for
their jobs, since no one will hire
them if they are fired."
Under the new law, sanctions of
up to $10,000 per undocumented
worker for third-time offender*
will begin being implemented in
June 1988
Nathan said only certain in-
dustries will be targeted by Im-
migration and Naturalization of-
ficials for non-compliance with the
new standards
"There are so many un-
documented worker* that in-
dustries have become dependent
on them," she said, elaborating
that women and minorities would
fill the low-paying jobs left behind
by undocumented worker*
She added that half of the eight
million jobs created between 1979
and 1984 in the United State* pay
less than $7,000 a year.
Carlos Marentes, coordinator
for the Border Agriculture
Worker* Union, also speculated
that few workers would qualify for
amnesty
"There is a lot of documentation
that is required for proof of
residency and many, particularly
those who live in El Paso, don't
have that kind of documentation,"
Marentes said.
He said economic conditions in
Mexico must improve if the influx
of undocumented workers into the
United States is ever to subside
“As conditions in Mexico
worsen,” he said, "more and
more people will continue to seek
work to feed their hungry
Prospector photo by Fernie Garcia
Undocumented Mexican workers enter the United States by climbing a rope ladder at the
"Black Bridge” off Santa Fe Street. See related immigration reform stories—center spread
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