Mr. Chairman. this is a bill not only to provide protection to Haitian refugees. but to eliminate one of the most glaring hypocrisies in American foreign and immigration policy. For much of the last decade. we have been beating up on the British in order to prevent them from forcibly repatriating to Vietnam Vietnamese boat people who have washed up on the shores of Hong Kong. while. at the same time. we are forcibly returning Haitian boat people coming to our country back to Haiti. Is Haiti any less repressive than Vietnam? I am glad the administration opposes involuntary repatriation for Hong Kong to Vietnam. but Haiti is. if anything. more repressive than Vietnam.
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