Ui~IV[F;SI1Y OF rlAWAtl UBRARi ,i I ii,I ! ~ ') Limit to alien workers' stay. nears LEGISLATORS havebarelytwo for four consecutive years "is an theprovisions ofthelawthatlim­ the chances that his proposal. the part of the ,CNMI govern­ monthstorepeala law thatlimits excludable alien." itsalienworkers'staytofourcon­ wouldgain supportin theLegis­ ment,lesspaperwork andlesstax­ thestayofalienworkers andtheir The four-year limit on alien secutive years, have been intro­ lature,-is low. payers' money spent. dependents in the Northern workers andtheirdependents took duced. Mafnas saiditwouldbe"politi­ Mafnas said without budget Marianas to four years. effectMay10,1989, according to Meanwhile, Mafnas' recom­ cal suicide" for a legislator to ' appropriation to send the over-­ If the law is not repealed by the AG, whichmeansthosewho mendationto grant somesort of support the idea of legitimiz­ staying workers home, the alter-' May 10, 1993,Immigration Ser­ have been here since May 10, an amnesty to displaced alien ing the overstaying alien nativeis to, allow themtoworkso· vice Chief Jose Mafnas said 1989mayhavetoleaveafterMay workers whohavegoneintohid­ workers. theywouldbeabletohavemoney yesterday thegovernment 'would 10,1993. ing, got lukewarm supportfrom The immigration proposed forplaneticketandfortheirfami- haveno choicebut to sendhome Shortly after,the AG opinion , lawmakers. the use of idle aliens to curb lies.. ', the estimated hundreds of alien came out, Rep. Pedro R. DL "I amstilltryingtoselltheidea influx of more alien workers Legislators canputamaximum ' workers whohave exceeded the Guerrero said the said law had to the lawmakers," Mafnas said. into the CNMI. period like one or two yearsfor four-year limit. been repealed by PublicLaw 6­ , But because this is an election The ideawouldalsomeanless the overstaying aliens to work, "Immigration. is giving every­ 39 in 1990. year, the immigration chief said expenses' for employers and, on Mafnas said. bodynoticethatthelawis meant But the AGsaidPublicLaw6­ to be enforced on May 10if no 39(which, according toGuerrero action is taken to repeal it," abolished the four-yearlimit)"did 1 Mafnas saidin aninterview. "No notamendSections4322and4411 man is above the law." of Title 3 of the Commonwealth 1~~ LastOctober, theOfficeof the Code.n Attorney General issuedanopin­ Section4322gavelinnllgration ion saying that the Immigration authority to deny entry permit Service is authorized by law to applications ofalienworkers who denyrenewal of entrypermitap­ reached thefour-year limitwhile plications of non-resident work­ Section 4411 says alien labor is ers and theirimmediate relatives temporary andlimitedto the du­ "whohavebeenin theConimon­ rationof specific jobs for which wealth for four consecutive 'the non-resident workers were years," afterMay 10, 1993. recruited. The AG opinion quoted the TheAGsaidSections431I and "Commonwealth andDeportation 4411 "remainvalidlyenforceable Act of 1983' which says, in part, untilexpressly repealed." that anon-resident worker who ' Following the AG opinion, has been in the Commonwealth, separate billsproposing todelete AG raps Torres comments f on Guerrero contempt case THEATTORNEY General'sOf­ Hereferred tothecriminal con­ WASHINGTON Representative Juan N. Babauta (center) root with Tinian leaders last Wednesday to discussplanson thereturn of theretention arealeasedby theUSMilitaryback to thepeopleof theisland. ficehasreactedsharplytoastate­ tempt case against Ray Guerrero' mentearliermadebyHouseFioor which whenpursued couldresult LeaderStanleyT. Torres critical , to a $1,000 fine'or an imprison­ to the manner it handledthecon­ mentofone year, or both. tempt case against Common­ According to Mesembourg, Immigration: RP Consulate wealth Utilities Corporation ex­ Torres' reliance on the constitu­ ecutivedirector RayS.Guerrero. tionalrequirementthattheAGpros­ In a letter to Torres yesterday, ecute violations oflawasauthority has excess staffmembers Assistant Attorney General Jerry fordisqualifying theAGfrom rep­ THEIMMIGRATION Service grationrules. Mesembourg clarified that his resenting Guerrero ismisplacedfor has found out that the Philip­ "We have to find out whether officedid not insistor choose to tworeasons. pine Consulate exceeded the theyreallyneedthismanypeople represent Guerrero on the case First, he saidtheAG didensure maximumnumberofstaffmem­ or not," thedeputychiefsaid. " but thatit seeks to do so because th~ anypossible violation of law bers allowed under immigra­ "If we don't do anything, the of a mandate provided for in the wasreferred toanindependent spe­ tionrules. consulate canbringmorepeople," , , \. Commonwealth Code. cialprosecutor to review forpos­ Deputy Immigration Chief Villanueva said. "It is the duty of the Attorney sible prosecution duetotheinher­ Frank P. Villanueva said yes­ He said the Japanese Consu- General to act as counsel 'to all entconflict inthisoffice. therefore terday each consularoffice in ,late, whichmaybe processing as departments, agencies, andinstru­ there wasno actual conflict inthe the Commonwealth is allowed many travel documents as the mentalities oftheCommonwealth, AG office defending the public onlyfour,including theconsul, Philippine Consulate because of including public corporations. So, corporation. but ~e Philippine consulate tourists, didnotbringexcessstaff representation of thisgovernment , Second, whether arnot lher~ isa obtained consular staff entry to Saipan. Fr9fk P. Villanu6va ' client (Guerrero) is notdiscretion­ violation of lawis the ultimate is­ permitsforfourmorestaffrnem- Villanueva saidtheissuance of Under the previous leader­ ary or a matter of choice. It is suefor thetrier-of-fact to decide. bers, . the excess number of consular shipatimmigration,Villanueva required by law," said "Obviously, theadvice givenby Villanueva saidimmigration entry permits to Philippine Con­ said, the number of consular Mesembourg, inasixpageletter to theAGtoCUCwasthat noncom­ will call the attention of the . sulate staff, was only recently entry permitsissued werenot Torres. pliance with afatally-defectivesub­ consulateontheexcessnumber foundoutwhensuchrecords were monitored. ' Torres two daysearlier sentouta poenaissuednotinaccordancewith of personnel. computerized. Immigration will also try to press release criticizing theAG for House Rules andwhich sought to ThePhilippine Consulate will Villanueva said,however, that , look into an unconfirmed re~ attempting to defend an alleged seizepropertyrather than subpoena ' alsobemadetojustifytheneed theImmigration Service ispartly portthataconsularstaffbrought violation of law when it is man- information wasnota violation of formorestaffmembers thanthe to !blame for having issued the a househelp to Saipan using a' , dated to prosecute violations of Commonwealth law," Mesem­ number allowed under immi- excess ijCl1l\its. consularstaffpermit. Commonwealth law.. bourg said. • i', 'I· 2-MARIANAS VARIETY NEWS AND VIEWS-FRIDAY-MARCH 5, 1993 FRIDAY, MARCH5, 1993 -MARIANAS VARIETY NEWSANDVIEws-3 Bentson defends Clinton' Eloyworried overLujan's BANK OF SAlPAN deficit-cutting estimates P.O. BOX 690, SAIPAN, MP 96950 By Martin Crutslnger Congress over revenue projec­ that would occur because the access to CUC records fI, tionsare hardly new. He saidhe government had put forward a By Rafael H. Arroyo fromJanuary1990to May1992, WASHINGTON (AP) • Trea­ believed the administration had credible plan to reduce the defi­ all amounting to some $99 mil­ sury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen comeforward withaccurate rev­ cit. FINANCE Director and Com­ liontotheHouse committeewhich defended President Clinton's enue projections but ifany mis­ Bentsen noted that long-term monwealth Utilities Corp. Board was thenin theprocessof wrap­ "":',': .. ' ' economic program Wednesday takes were found they wouldbe interestrateshavealreadydropped member Eloy S. Inos has ex­ ping up an oversight inquiry on against charges thatit would hurt corrected. bymorethan0.8percentagepoint pressedconcerns abouttherecent CUC's fmancial conditions. "'!t~~i~~~~;~.F;·~~I.~4~·Will . ratherthanhelptheeconomy and "I havebeeninthisprocessfor since November, declining to request made by Executive Di­ AfterGuerrero refused to tum ····.·.·.:··haveifS~nn:ut.lshareHolaers that the administration had in­ a long time," said Bentsen, who below7 percentfor thefirsttime rectorRay Guerrero that his pri­ in the checks, he was cited for ..••• flatedthedeficit-cutting impact. was chairman of the Senate Fi­ in more than twodecades. vate counsel on the contempt contempt of legislative subpoena "\m~~jJQ!J/qnSq!~fady, Bentsen took issue with new nanceCommittee beforeClinton Bentsencalledthisan"amazing chargebegivenaccess toallCUC and had to be represented by a iJ.}.:.~ .... projections from Congress' Joint picked him asTreasury secretary. reduction" in interest rates,"bet­ records. private counsel, after the court Committee onTaxation thatshow "Glitches will develop and we ter thanwe hadanticipated" InaletterhesenttoCUCChair­ disqualified the Attorney March·:·.·13,19.93,·., ••·..,.1 •. 0:00··:a.m. Clinton'staxprogram would fall knowthat." Bentsen, in an He, noted thatFederal Reserve man Joe M. Taitano, Inos indi­ General's Officefromdefending ". :.'."....... >:...... ',"" •.. $25 billion short inbringing inthe interview with a small group.of Chairman Alan Greenspan had cated he is against giving Guerrero. revenues that Clinton is project­ reporters, alsodisputed forecasts calculated that every 0.1 per­ Guerrero's counsel access to all Sensing