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...foreign affairs, the President-elect has been hit for adopting George Bush's Haitian refugee policy and the outgoing Administration's nuanced response to China's human-rights violations. As the chore changes from campaigning to governing, both of Clinton's "new" positions seem proper. The real test of Clinton's professed commitment to human rights for Haitians will turn on his efforts to change that nation's repressive policies. China is a trickier case, and Clinton's newly expressed caution is well placed. The U.S. indeed has "a big stake in not isolating" China. If Beijing continues its economic...
AFTER MONTHS BEHIND BARBED WIRE AT KROME DEtention center outside Miami, some 160 Haitian refugees concluded that it was time for a desperate gesture. They announced a hunger strike to win their freedom, in an effort to protest what they see as an immigration double standard. The Haitians watched angrily as 48 Cubans who hijacked an airliner out of Havana earlier this month were released almost overnight. Hundreds of black Haitians -- who risked a 600-mile sea voyage in rickety boats to flee an often cruel military rule -- have been detained for months while their asylum claims are reviewed...
...effort to forestall a massive refugee influx from Haiti, both the old and new White House Administrations were pushing for a political settlement between the military and ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Last week, however, the boats kept coming: a record boatload of 352 Haitian refugees sailed up the Miami River...
Edley said the $83,000 allotted for minority projects this year has been spent on a variety of projects. The gift is financing six faculty research projects on topics ranging from the criminal justice system to immigration of Haitian refugees. Fifteen students are being supported for clinical research in Third World countries this month. In addition, the donation is being used to fund conferences on economic development in the Third World and five summer internships in human rights agencies...
First, there's the issue of his past lobbying. As The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, Brown went to bat for the oppressive Haitian government as far back as 1982, and the Boggs and Blow (Blow?) firm represented the Bank of Credit and Commerce International...