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<text id=93TT1175>
<title>
Mar. 15, 1993: "Floating Berlin Wall"
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Mar. 15, 1993 In the Name of God
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
THE WEEK
NATION, Page 16
"Floating Berlin Wall"
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<body>
<p>The White House defends sending Haitian boat people back home
</p>
<p> Last may candidate Clinton was "Appalled" by George Bush's
decision to force every boatload of fleeing Haitians back to
the thugs in charge of their country, without checking to see
if anyone on board qualified for political asylum under a
treaty the U.S. signed. But President Clinton now backs
forcible return, and a government lawyer (a Bush holdover)
vigorously argued for it last week before the Supreme Court.
This broken promise has infuriated black leaders and
human-rights lawyers. But Clinton fears that an armada of poor
blacks will wash up on Florida.
</p>
<p> The Administration will boost refugee screening inside
Haiti, and claims that its interception of boats just outside
Haitian waters stems from a desire to save people from
drowning. The Haitians' lawyers call this a "floating Berlin
Wall" that bars refugees from all destinations. Why, the lawyers
ask, can't the U.S. go back to screening the boat people to pick
out those really fleeing persecution?
</p>
</body>
</article>
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