Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Salvador Immigrants Get Work Extension

Tens of thousands of immigrants from El Salvador who sought U.S. political asylum because of civil war in their homeland will get a three-month extension of work permits while they pursue hearings on their legal status, the government announced. Most Salvadorans granted work authorization in a program known as Deferred Enforced Departure are entitled to hearings on their immigration status under terms of a settlement of a 1985 lawsuit. Work authorizations that were scheduled to expire on Jan. 31, 1996, will be extended automatically to April 30, the Immigration and Naturalization Service said.