I believe we are more compassionate than that. Its also important to mention that conditions in Haiti are not safe for the return of these people. At an immigration subcommittee field hearing last December. the committee was informed that the Haitian government has not yet established the civil institutions necessary to protect these refugees from further retribution by those who perpetrated human rights crimes. In fact. it appears that these criminals continue to operate with impunity. As I mentioned at the outset. this amendment is consistent with our treatment of similarlysituated immigrant groups. As Grover Joseph Rees. former General Counsel of INS under President Bush. testified at the subcommittee field hearing last December. it has been the rule rather than the exception that when a human rights emergency has led to the admission of large numbers of parolees from a particular country. such refugees and others similarly situated have been subsequently granted permanent residency through Congressional action. Congress has granted permanent residence on this basis in the past to Hungarians. Poles.
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