Madam Speaker. the Haitian refugee crisis has gone from bad to worse. We are now saying. "Sorry. the inn is filled up and we are not willing to help Haitians in their struggle against repression and domination." The irony is that today. May 27. is exactly 53 years earlier that the Hamburg American Lines Cruiser. the St. Louis. arrived in the Caribbean. On board were 930 passengers who had a red "J" stamped on their passports identifying them as Jewish refugees fleeing Hitlers Germany. With embarrassment and the only other time that has happened. the Jews on the St. Louis could find no sanctuary in the United States.
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