The Cubans who are arriving on our shores by small boats today are not refugees in the sense of the Act. They are applicants for asylum. at least potentially. They are paroled into the country on the basis of a 60day parole with deferred inspection. So that both Haitians and Cubans who arrive here in undocumented status are essentially candidate for asylum. The Refugee Act is aimed at persons either within their country or outside their country who are subject to screening and processing outside of the United States. and come here as refugees after a determination of their status. The question of how the Cubans who are arriving here now and how the Haitians who are arriving here now will be regulated may be an issue that can be covered under the present Refugee Act. We will be consulting with the committee on this. It is being studied.
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