His supporters are subject to arrest and murder for activities as commonplace as possessing campaign literature. teaching people to read. or even voting for the toppled President. It is this pattern of outrageous behavior that is driving the Haitian people to refuge on the high seas and into the arms of U.S. personnel who have been ordered by our Government to send them home. Haitian refugees being forcibly repatriated face harassment and subjugation upon their return. Refugees are greeted. as one critic has noted. with flashbulbs and fingerprints. not the kind of welcome one would expect for individuals fleeing economic deprivation. And so. we are asking for a temporary halt in repatriation. We are asking that the Haitians be treated in the same way we treated the Kuwaitis and the Salvadorans when political persecution threatened those refugees in equally desperate hours. We are asking for a colorblind concept of political sanctuary that honors Haitians for their humanity. rather than singling them out because they are black. It is a small effort.
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