The administration policy leaves one thinking why anyone would want to leave this Caribbean paradise. The hypocrisy in this decision Is glaringly evident. In the early 1980s. we opened our borders to hundreds of thousands of Cuban refugees fleeing the dictatorship of Fidel Castro. And it was not long ago that the administration was criticizing the British Government In Hong Kong for returning Vietnamese refugees to their homeland against their will. Yet when a few thousand Haitian refugees desire to enter the United States. the administration closes the door and turns out the light. H.R. 3844 will bar the repatriation of those refugees held by the United States on or before Febrary 5 of this year. Mr. Chairman. it is morally wrong to send these men and women back to Haiti to face a fate which we cannot effectively monitor. The administration has already recognized Haitis political crisis by going along with OAS economic sanctions. Now we must go one step further by giving these political refugees asylum here In the United States. Shouldnt men and women of all nations fleeing political tyranny be given the same treatment by our country. Apparently. under current policy some refugees are more desirable than others. Apparently. some suffering is more desirable for our country to absorb than other suffering. Mr.
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