Mr. Speaker. neither the years of death and oppression in Haiti. nor the terrible memory of European Jews forced back into the arms of Hitlers Germany. has jolted the Presidents conscience in the case of Guantanamo Bay and the Haitian refugees. Despite the fact that things had deteriorated to a point where the U.S. Ambassador had to be removed. Despite the fact that less than 2 weeks ago. the Haitian police attempted to kill the new Prime Minister and force an end to any negotiated settlement. And despite the fact that Amnesty International and Americas Watch recently reported that the illegal junta was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of economically impoverished supporters of President Artistide. The Bush administration has persisted in doing the minimum to protect the Haitian refugees and the maximum to wash their hands of the whole affair. It is a policy unlike any we have seen in this hemisphere and one that we in Congress cannot stand by and watch. Mr. Speaker. I call on the President to forget politics and race. and at long last to take a stand for justice and humanity by reversing his decision to send the Haitian refugees back to the jaws of hell.
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