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...Haitian Refugees...
...Administration pledged to human rights might well re-examine U.S. policy toward Haiti and offer refugees now arriving [Aug. 7] political asylum. Unfortunately, the Haitian community here remains silent, out of fear for family and friends who remain behind. Their silence augurs a dismal future for the refugees and U.S.-Haitian relations...
Before last November, the Haitian refugees were sent to detention camps in Florida and Texas until they posted $1,000 bonds, freeing them until they appeared before immigration judges for hearings. Of 7,500 Haitian refugees processed by officials in southern Florida since 1972, there have been final decisions in only 216 cases: 158 have been deported to Haiti and 58 granted asylum. Then, in keeping with the Carter Administration's emphasis on human rights, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service started releasing the Haitians with temporary work permits pending hearings...
Most of the refugees have requested political asylum, which the U.S. usually grants speedily to those who have actually fled political persecution. But immigration officials believe that the majority of the Haitians have come in search of jobs and should thus be deported. Agrees Haitian Ambassador Georges Salomon: "Only jobs will keep them at home. We are pressing the United States Government to help us create more jobs in Haiti...
...refugees frequently cite disaffection with Haiti's regime, although it has been liberalized somewhat under Papa Doc Duvalier's son Jean-Claude. "I can't say anything against the government or I go to jail," says Andre Gerard, 22, a Haitian who arrived in Miami by way of the Bahamas. Adds Ivon Louis, 27, "It's still the same thing, man. Papa and Baby are the same...