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    1. End racist policy toward Haitian immigrants

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    2002-04-30
    Published:
    Chicago, IL
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Chicago Defender
    Journal Title Details:
    p. 9
    Notes:
    -, An editorial asserts that the Chicago Defender joins the Congressional Black Caucus, the Miami Branch of the NAACP and Rep Carrie Meek in denouncing a Bush administration directive requiring INS officials to arbitrarily detain Haitian refugees seeking asylum in the US.

    2. `Unequal justice': Haiti vs. Cuba

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Strausberg,Chinta (Author)
    Format:
    Newspaper Article
    Publication Date:
    2000-04-24
    Published:
    Chicago, IL
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Chicago Defender
    Journal Title Details:
    252 : 1
    Notes:
    "In our Cold War fight with Castro, (we were) willing to subsidize Cubans to leave to come here and at the same time lock Haitians out. That is not fair, and we deserve a different policy," [Jesse L. Jackson Sr.] said. He said the U.S. pays to bring Cubans here, subsidizes them, but pays to send Haitians back to Haiti. "That's not fair," he stated. "Haiti fought for our freedom." "The Cubans are political refugees looking for political freedom, and they're given money to come, but, the Haitians are economic refugees so they must go back. There are more Haitians who've died... than Cubans," Jackson said calling for an end to the double standard of refugees between Cuba and Haitians seeking to come to America.