Mr. President. I am introducing today. along with my colleague on the Immigration and Refugee Subcommittee. Senator SIMON and Senator DECONCINI. emergency legislation to temporarily suspendfor 2 weeksthe forced repatriation of Haitians from Guantanamo Bay. and to require the President to certify at that time that the repatriation program is safe and meets a number of conditions. At a minimum. we should suspend the currently planned forced repatriation program until the United Nations. the Organization of American States. or the International Federation of the Red Cross can determine conditions in Haiti are safe to do so. Mr. President. although the Supreme Court has given the administration the legal authority to forcibly repatriate Haitians. it would be wrong for this country to do so until conditions are clearly safe for their return.
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