To date. about 38.000 Haitian boat people have sought refuge in the United States. More than 27.000 have been forcibly returned to Haiti and approximately 11.000 Haitians. who have been initially screened for asylum. face expulsion in the future. When the administration chose to begin forcibly repatriating Haitians in November 1991. a legal battle over the treatment of Haitian refugees began in our Federal courts. On several occasions the courts have found that the United States is violating international law by forcibly returning Haitians back to a politically volatile situation. Unfortunately. the administration has been successful in its efforts not only to forcibly repatriate the Haitian boat people. but to return them without a screening process.
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