And. the United States is responding to their democratic yearnings by returning them to a world of uncertainty and potential persecution and retaliation. We. who have been fighting for democracy around the world. who entered a war In the Persian Gulf to help liberate a country not even struggling for democracy. must do better than this. Until the efforts to restore the legitimately elected Haitian Government are successfully completed. we should not repatriate Haitian refugees who are fleeing persecution and retaliation. Until we act positively. lives continue to be at stake. The repatriation is ongoing. I commend our colleague. Chairman MAZZOLI. for bringing this bill promptly to the floor and urge my colleagues to support H.R. 3844. I also urge them to support the Conyers amendment. which would grant temporary protective status [TPS] to Haitians. The Mazzoli bill is good. but because of the need to compromise In committee. it does not go far enough. We have granted TPS to others faced with armed conflict and persecution in their homelands. The Haitian people are no less valuable and no less endangered. The Conyers amendment would protect them by allowing them to stay in the United States until the President certifies to Congress that a democratically elected government has been restored to Haiti.
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