ISSUE DATE: JUNE 25, 1984; Vol. CIII., No. 26

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COVER: Closing the Door? The Angry debate over illegal immigration. "Crossing the Rio Grande". Cover: Photo by Phil Huber- Black Star.

TOP OF THE WEEK [Major Top Stories]:
THE ASIAN CONNECTION: Twenty percent of the U.S. heroin supply now comes from the "Golden Triangle" of Burma, Laos and Thailand, and the problem could get worse: officials warn that the Mafia is teaming up with Chinese crime families that now control the trade. But American agents on the scene fight each other almost as much as the heroin warlords. Page 62.

THE KILLER ROBOTS: Killer robots, a staple of 1950s scifi movies, are now a reality. Armed and dangerous, the computerized sentries are designed for duty at military bases, prisons and even department stores. Page 51.

IMMIGRATION: CLOSING THE DOOR? A landmark proposal on immigration reform headed toward a showdown vote in the House of Representatives this week-and some experts feared that America's tradition of welcome for "huddled masses yearning to breathe free" could be riding on the outcome. NEWSWEEK'S cover stories illustrate how the nation has lost control of its borders and explore the complex politics of the Simpson-Mazzoli bill, the nation's ambivalent attitudes toward illegal aliens and the contradictory calculus of the immigration's economic impact. Page 18.

TALKING SUMMITRY AND POLITICS: Ronald Reagan offered "to meet and talk anytime," but Soviet boss Konstantin Chernenko gave no sign of setting any date soon for an East-West summit. Reagan's gesture strengthened his election-year credentials as a peacemaker and boosted his credit in Congress-while keeping his adversaries in the Kremlin off balance and on the defensive. Page 34.

A BOOK PALACE: After a decade of budgetary neglect, the New York Public Library is now celebrating its lavish restoration, and the public is flocking back to the dazzlingly rejuvenated landmark on 42nd Street. Page 76.

[FULL NEWSWEEK LISTINGS]:
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
The angry debate over U.S. immigration policy (the cover).
The economic cost-and benefits.
How they get here, how they stay.
A right turn on race?.
Block Island's secession.
Help wanted-vice president.
Whose park is it anyway?.
A senator's court suit.

INTERNATIONAL:
The politics of summitry.
A shield-or a sieve?.
Iran gets bogged down.
Martyrs of the Golden Temple.
Future shocks: a ticking population bomb.
A papal visit.
Duarte's shakeout.
A red saint.

BUSINESS:
GM: survival of the fittest.
Straightening up to fly right.
Argentina's game of chicken.
A shaky house of cement.
Tobacco's holy foe.

THE COLUMNISTS My Turn: Alice Johnson.
Robert J. Samuelson.
Meg Greenfleld.

MEDICINE: Shock treatment for kidney stones; A new ray of hope for herpes sufferers.
SPORTS: Boston ends a marathon; Hearns beats Duran.
ARCHITECTURE: The palace on 42nd Street.
SCIENCE: When two galaxies collide; Mad March hare?.
TELEVISION: Tuning in on kiddie videos; On PBS: one Mann's family.
TECHNOLOGY: Birth of the killer robots.
DANCE: A cartwheeling classic.
JUSTICE: The Asian connection.
FASHION: Personal shoppers for hire ; Playing with time.

BOOKS:
"Intimate Memoirs," by Georges Simenon.
"D. V.," by Diana Vreeland.
Philip Larkin's "Required Writing".
"Free Agents," by Max Apple.
MOVIES:
"The Pope of Greenwich Village".
"Another Country": seeds of treason.
"Top Secret!": joke fingers.

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