Lester S. Hyman. AJCs capable spokesperson for immigration affairs. stated in a recent letter to Attorney General French Smith that the administrations policy cannot guarantee due process under the law and sets a dangerous international precedent. How ironic it is that only 3 years after the United States called on the Indochinese nations of first asylum not to turn away refugees bound for their shores. the United States is unwilling to accept the responsibility that we would have others undertake. Without placing the proper emphasis on international participation and economic relief for Haiti the American Jewish Committee suggests the administrations policies are wrong. Simple put. a policy of interdiction is no basis for a solution to the Haitian migration to U.S. shores.
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