Mr. Chairman. I rise in strong support of H.R. 3844. the Haitian Refugee Protection Act and urge my colleagues to pass it promptly. It is an outrage that when refugees escape from persecution in certain countries. our Government has given Immediate protective status in the United States without a second thought. But when refugees have escaped persecution in Haiti. not only do we deny them protective status. we deliver them right Into the hands of the very forces they have fled. The current administrations policy has returned Haitians to a regime that we. at least In theory. have condemned. The tragic human rights records of repressive Haitian regimes are no secret. but this administration has seen fit to ignore what we should all understand. There Is no question that refugees fleeing Haiti are doing so because they fear for their lives. Amnesty international has testified that the refugees face a killing field and certain persecution if they are sent back to Haiti. So far. amnesty estimates that in 5 short months. 1.500 people have been executed by the military regime which stole democracy from the hands of the Haitian people. Is this part of the new world order?
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