Mr. Speaker. yesterday. members of the Foreign Affairs Committee met with President Jean Bertrand Aristide to discuss the deplorable situation in Haiti. Of special concern is President Clintons policy on Haitian refugees. Last year. President Bush had the Coast Guard return fleeing Haitians without determining if any were entitled to political asylum. Mr. Clinton called that policy cruel. In his campaign. Mr. Clinton promised to give fleeing Haitians refuge. and consideration for political asylum. until democracy is restored there. Instead. President Clinton has continued the very policy he criticizedeven defending it before the Supreme Court. If that policy was wrong last yearand it was--it is equally wrong this year.
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