Instead. the bill directs the administration not to send back to Haiti for 6 months those Haitians who were in United States custody. on Guantanamo or on our naval vessels. on February 5. 1992a known and fixed population of 11.909 people. of whom 2.926 had already been returned by February 18. and will be unable to benefit from this bill. Whether or not we give 100percent credibility to recent reports from Amnesty International and Americas Watchand I do notthere is sufficient evidence to persuade me that all is not well In Haiti and randomif not aimed and targetedviolence Is afoot in the land. Therefore. we ought to protect at least a portion of the Haitian asylum seekers while we wait for the dust to settle In their homeland. Mr. Chairman.
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