Cubans. Salvadorans. and Guatemalans. fled to the United States and sought haven during the civil wars in Central America in the 1980s. These individuals have been allowed to remain here temporarily under various Government immigration programs and court settlements. The 1996 Immigration Act. however. denied recourse to permanent residency for most of this class. This provision grants permanent residence to these nationals on a casebycase basis if their return would pose unusual hardship. While I support this provision. I must once again state for the record my strong objections to the decision by the conferees to exclude approximately 18.000 Haitian refugees from this provision. This exclusion was not only patently unfair. but suggests almost a tin ear on the racial implications of this action. In the absence of a good reason for this exclusion.
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