Mr. President. fairness demands that we include this group in our legislation. First. this is a relatively small group. The two groups together. the Guantanamo asylees and those who have a pending asylum case combined. represent approximately 15.000 to 16.000 individuals. This. in relationship to those who we are providing essentially the same status to today. is a relatively small number. Second. this group has been extensively screened. As I indicated. the Guantanamo asylees represent approximately one out of four of those persons who were. at one time. at the Guantanamo Naval Base and who were found to have a credible legitimate fear of persecution in Haiti.
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