Those of us who think well of our country. who are proud of our country. who believe it has in fact been year In and year out a great defender of freedom are anguished by what can only be described as a racially motivated set of actions. This is the Government that has been critical of the Government of the United Kingdom because that Government has sought to forcibly repatriate people from Hong Kong to Vietnam. This is a Government which when people arrive from Cuba. without questioning. without any degree of skepticism. automatically accept them as refugees within the law. Yet. when people flee in desperate circumstances from Haiti. and these are people who are used to poverty. and the argument there motivated solely by poverty is a hard one to sell because there is nothing unique about poverty. tragically. In Haiti.
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Haitians are used to poverty, so their reasons for seeking refuge are questionable.