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During the campaign, Clinton said he was "appalled" by the Bush Administration's policy of returning Haitian refugees before hearing their pleas for asylum. He called the policy cruel and immoral, and promised to reverse...
...Cuban coast called Guantanamo Bay. There, at a U.S. naval base, more than 200 Haitians have languished in tin-roofed barracks for up to 17 months, surrounded by wire fences and plagued by banana rats. Last year the Bush Administration ruled that they had plausible claims for political asylum. But because most of them tested positive for the AIDS virus, they are barred from the U.S. Suspicious of their captors and even their doctors, many have staged a hunger strike, and their situation has now become critical. "The next few days will determine whether or not the Haitians live...
There is no denying that President Clinton speaks out of both sides of his mouth. Even a fellow Democrat, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, lamented that Clinton's transition period rang with "the clatter of campaign promises being tossed out the window." Deficit reduction, a middle class tax cut, easier asylum for Haitian refugees--these promises were uttered clearly and eloquently, yet their meanings turned out to be as muddled as the worst Bushian syntax...
...MALTREATMENT OF WOMEN AS A MATTER OF cultural practice tantamount to political persecution? Yes, say opposition M.P.s and feminist groups demanding that Canada grant refugee status to victims of sex-based persecution. The debate ensnared Immigration Minister Bernard Valcourt, who reversed a decision denying asylum to a Saudi woman who said she feared punishment for refusing to wear a veil if she returned home. Valcourt now promises new guidelines to encompass women whose governments fail to protect them from domestic violence or persecution. Women's rights advocates insist that Canada go further and become the first country to enshrine...
...Comics Superman editor Mike Carlin, hoping to boost newsstand sales, declares that "an escapee from a cosmic lunatic asylum" named Doomsday will murder the Man of Steel. The state of Pennsylvania touts itself as a place for "multiple personalities" to suggest it has much to offer tourists. A character on Roseanne argues that only "murderers, psychos and schizos" can beat a lie-detector test. On election eve, Ross Perot tells a cheering crowd, "We're all crazy again now! We got buses lined up outside to take you back to the insane asylum...