The Nation - News from March 21, 1986
Author Margaret Randall never belonged to the Communist Party and deserves to remain in the United States so that she can be reunited with her family, a defense lawyer said at her deportation hearing in El Paso. In closing arguments, attorney Mike Maggio said the government has failed to prove that Randall was an “undesirable.” The leftist author is fighting to regain the U.S. citizenship she renounced 18 years ago while living in Mexico. Judge Martin F. Spiegel gave lawyers from each side until July 5 to submit written testimony.
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