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(3 Feb 1989) 8906A RR 8906A - VARIOUS: REFUGEES 3.2.89 (dur 7 mins 8 secs / eng.sot 1 min 30 sec) RR STORY Traditionally, the United States has provided a haven for those escaping from political oppression. Officially, this still holds true. But in reality, many fleeing Central Americans are discovering that some "huddled masses" aren't welcome. Bureaucratic attempts to deal with the growing refugee problem have only served to exacerbate the situation into a crisis. SHOWS President Ronald Reagan televised valedictory address = Statue of Liberty = illegal refugees held in camp = Rio Grande = group of El Salvador refugees crossing river helped by members of U.S. Sanctuary movement = Hector Grande, El Salvadorean refugee sot with English translation = border patrol guards = border guard sot = group of refugees cross river = border patrol give chase = arrest = Nicaraguans leaving Managua bus station = Nicaraguan woman sot with English translation = aerial Brownsville = queue of Central American refugees outside Immigration and Naturalisation Service office = refugees camping around building = Amber Hotel = condemned building sign = interior garbage strewn room = exterior Casa Oscar Romero = "tent city" conditions = Linda Yanez, refugee lawyer, speaking trhough megaphone in Spanish = refugees reaction = refugees hitch-hiking away from campsite = bus from Brownsville to Miami = Miami skyline = Nicaraguan refugees arrive in Miami = baseball stadium and refugees = Miami riots = scene of police shooting of motorcyclist and passenger = vox pop reaction = Willie Simms, Miami Community Relations Board sot = Liberty City street scenes = Erbee McKnight, City of Miami Crisis Committee = burnt out buildings = refugees hitch-hiking away from Brownsville. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/d44f727e5513ecc5d018b8e67954178a