Mr. Chairman. the Haitia.n Refugee Protection Act does not address two main problems. The first is: What will happen to the Haitian refugees if democracy is not restored in 6 months. 1 year. 2 years. 3 years? I recently had 26 town meetings. and overwhelmingly the people I talked to are very concerned. The fear that many Floridians have expressed to me is that this change In immigration policy will create additional waves of Haitians coming into Florida. I think we all understand this concern. If the Federal Governments policy encourages more Haitians to flee their homeland. who should be financially responsible for their support? The base at Guantanamo Bay can only hold so many people. and the facilities there are nearing capacity. Its simply not humane to crowd the refugees on a blacktar airstrip in the heat of the summer. The citizens of Florida. indeed in all of the States. are humanitarian by nature. No one wants to see human suffering because of religious or political persecution.
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