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...greater numbers than at any time since the last great surge of European immigrants in the early 1900s. Indeed, the U.S. today accepts twice as many foreigners as the rest of the world's nations combined. Thanks in large part to the flood of Cuban and Haitian refugees last year, more than 800,000 newcomers were allowed into the country legally in 1980, up from only 526,000 in 1979. In addition an estimated 500,000 to 1 million entered illegally. Although their turn-of-the-century predecessors were mainly Europeans, today's new arrivals are mostly from...
Romero and his New Progressive Party attribute the collapse of support to overconfidence among party faithful and to Romero's initial backing for the U.S. Government's plan to send Cuban and Haitian refugees to Fort Allen, a reopened military base in the southern part of the island. Even though no refugees have been transferred there, the plan angered many Puerto Ricans, and Romero hurriedly became a bitter critic...
...gleaming white National Palace in Port-au-Prince that "intellectuals and thinkers have the right to exercise democracy day and night. All I ask is that they respect me." He also added that "democracy is not license." Meanwhile, the crackdown sparked rallies and prayer vigils in the major Haitian exile communities in the U.S. Correctly or not, the arrests will be used by the exiles as evidence that all the Haitian boat people-there are more than 30,000 in south Florida alone -are political refugees and thus eligible for sanctuary...
...began new lives with the help of relatives already in the U.S. and private sponsors. The remainder are chiefly young men with little English or job skills-and little prospect for leaving Fort Chaffee any time soon. Said Art Brill, an official of the State Department's Cuban-Haitian Task Force: "They are beyond the cuddly age, so to speak...
...insistence of Arkansas Governor Billy Clinton, the State Department's Cuban-Haitian Task Force will not send more than 10,000 refugees to Fort Chaffee. Any overflow from the other camps is supposed to be sent to Puerto Rico, where 250 Navy Seabees last week were constructing shelters for up to 5,000 refugees at Fort Allen, an old military base 40 miles southwest of San Juan. Puerto Rico has sued to stop the transfer, arguing that Fort Allen has inadequate sewage and water purification plants and antiquated electrical systems...