I share their deep concern in their desire to address the tragic situation in Haiti. Therefore. I am today introducing an alternative bill to provide refugee status to deserving Haitians. I ask my colleagues for their consideration and support of it. My legislation does four things: It requires the U.S. Government to begin processing Haitians in Guantanamo to determine which ones qualify as refugees. It allows us to admit to the United States any Haitian found to qualify as a refugee. It prohibits us from admitting any Haitian before his or her refugee determination is final. It states the sense of the Congress that any Haitian found not to qualify for refugee status may be returned to Haiti. The key to this legislation is that we will determine whether a Haitian fleeing his or her country has a wellfounded fear of persecution. If that person can show a wellfounded fear of persecution. if returned to Haiti. then that person will not be returned to Haiti but will be admitted to the United States.
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