In the words of President Aristide: "Haitians must try to stay in Haiti in order to continue nonviolent resistance." Third. this legislation is misguided because it is not based on facts. No one doubts that there is politically motivated repression in Haiti. That is why thousands of Haitians have been allowed into the United States to pursue asylum claims. But no one has produced any credible evidence that Haitians who did not have a credible claim for refugee status and were repatriated to Haiti have been persecuted for leaving. Not only does the State Department have no evidence of reprisals against repatriates. no one else does either. Not one human rights or refugee group has produced evidence of persecution of Haitian returnees. The alleged problem this legislation addresses simply does not exist. For all these reasons.
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