Mr. Chairman. that beacon Is dimmed. Dimmed by a shameful policy of the administration. one that rejects the thousands of people of Haiti who have fled their homeland seeking our help. Boatloads of refugees from the horrors of the Haitian military coup are being returned to the country they fled. The administration claims they face no danger. but can provide no proof that they are not condemning them to prison. beatings. and death. Yet. the repatriations continue. Following the election of Haitian President JeanBertrand Aristide. we shared the hope. for a brief moment. that democracy. at long last. had come to the people of Haiti.
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