11. Many would have won asylum had they come ashore a year earlier -- when George Bush was president -- say advocates for refugees and Bush administration officials. 12. Places where the two factors matched, advocates said, could be places for epidemiologists to look for environmental causes for cancer. 13. Some companies are loath to report complaints, consumer advocates said, worried that a public recall could hurt their reputation. 14. That, say advocates for immigrants, is unfortunately how most Americans view Mexico. 15. The economy in Haiti is in shambles, and people there are, if anything, worse off than the Cubans, said Haitian advocates. 16. The need, though, is clearly there, say many advocates for the disabled. 17. The larger issue, say advocates for immigration reform, is the need for asylum policies to incorporate new forms of persecution aimed at children. 18. The new approach, advocates said, would reassure property owners and provide incentives to protect the diversity of life on their land. 19. With millions of Americans living near a coastline, pressures are mounting from development, pollution, fishing, and oil and gas drilling, environmental advocates said. 20. A long-term fix, some advocates said, would be re-regulating the industry. |