After a military coup ousted President Aristide. her brother was murdered by the military. and she went into hiding in the woods around her village until she could escape from Haiti in a small boat. Today. she lives in Atlanta and holds two jobs. She is active in her local church. and hopes to be a nurse. Last year. she told the Subcommittee on Immigration that ever since she arrived in the United States. she has lived in fear of being sent back to Haiti. Even the youngest Haitian refugees live in fear of being returned to Haiti. Ask Louisiana. a sixth grader at West Homestead Elementary School in Miami. She fled to the United States with her aunt. after her father. a prodemocracy activist. was murdered by the Haitian military.
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