Speech #1050201465

So in 1991. the U.S. took in persons fleeing Haiti at Guantanamo Bay. Cuba. After intense screening. many of these individuals were paroled into the U.S. to apply affirmatively for asylum. Between the 1991 and May of 1992. over 30.000 Haitians were interviewed. Under onethird of these individuals were paroled into the U.S. to seek asylum. Around Memorial day in 1992. Bush issued the "Kennebunkport Order." ending the asylum screening process at Guantanamo Bay. an action which became an issue during the 1992 presidential elections. A refugee program began operating in PortauPrince. This practice continued until 1994. when President Clinton reinstated a screening process in military hospital ship in Kingston Harbor. Jamaica.