12145: RE: 12140: Re: 12116: Re: 12098: Re: 12095: Haitian refugees tu rn eyes to Bush (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Merrie Archer <MArcher@nchr.org>


<<I don't see why these individuals should be paroled - to draw a parallel,
in
criminal cases bail can be denied for a variety of reasons.  If a person is
in deadly fear of their life in Haiti, then waiting in a detention center
where they are not in fear of their life is an improvement.>>


Very simply, they should be paroled because they passed their credible fear
interview within days of arriving in the US. Otherwise they would have been
sent home a long time ago.

That is the policy that has been in practice for some time for EVERYONE -
and after December 14, continued to be in practice for EVERYONE ELSE.