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Like so many others before, the boat was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, and the refugees passed the next two months in detention at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. Only 25 of the refugees were allowed to apply for political asylum. The rest were shipped back to the docks at Port- au-Prince, given the equivalent of $15 and told to go home, where many were greeted by a rogue police force that reserves special violence for people who are returned against their will...
...When Clinton announced Madeline Albright's nomination to be ambassador to the U.N., her comments about her father, a Czech diplomat who sought asylum in the U.S.)) "brought tears to Mr. Clinton's eyes." -- DALLAS MORNING NEWS, December...
Unfriendly commentators seized on their plight to complain that the rules under which Chinese immigrants, in particular, can claim political asylum are overly generous. Under a Bush-ordered loophole in the law, Chinese who say they are victimized by Beijing's strict one-child population rules can enter the country. But only the melodramatic circumstances of their entry make the Chinese unusual. Latinos, Indians, Pakistanis, Arabs and others -- especially those who get into the country illegally -- are also unwelcome to Americans who find their cultures strange. In a country composed almost entirely of immigrants and their descendants, heavy majorities -- around...
...principal authors, Wyoming Republican Senator Alan Simpson and Kentucky Democratic Representative Romano Mazzoli, readily concede their creation needs strengthening. They are among a number of legislators who have introduced bills to tighten procedures for political asylum in particular. That, however, would not help much; asylum seekers account for only about 10% of all people coming into the country. Given the tendency of immigration reform to splinter standard voting blocs into unpredictable fragments, legislators are not likely to push for far-reaching change until more of their countrymen demand...
...feckless foreign policy. As a candidate, Clinton promised he would send a peace envoy to Northern Ireland; renew most-favored-nation trading status for China only if Beijing met tough conditions on human rights; and reverse the practice of sending back all Haitian boat people, including refugees entitled to asylum. He has bent or broken all three vows...