Mr. President. my amendment excludes Haitians from the U.S. who have been involved in extrajudicial and political killings in Haiti. Specifically. it does this by denying funds for the issuance of visas to these persons. There have been numerous cases of politicallymotivated assassinations in Haiti. Some of these extrajudicial killings occurred while former President JeanBertrand Aristide was in exile. Many others took place after he returned to power. Unfortunately. these killings have continued after Mr. Aristide left office and Rene Preval became President. The Haitian Government has assigned over eighty extrajudicial and political killing cases to the Special Investigative Unit.