13328: Wucker posts info on detainee hearings

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Michele Wucker <michele@wucker.com>

For those of you interested in the results of the Oct 1 Senate hearings on
the Haitian detainees in Miami --below is a source for the full testimony
and an excerpt of Miami Herald coverage
Michele

Full testimony from Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration
hearing, "The Detention and Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers" is
available at   http/judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=483
(The text is quite extensive or I would send it)
Washington, D.C., October 1, 2002
WITNESS LIST
* Bishop Thomas G. Wenski. Auxillary Bishop of Miami, Florida and Chairman
of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration
* Marie Ocean. Haitian Asylee and Former Detainee
* Cheryl Little. Executive Director; Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC)
* Stephen Johnson. Policy Analyst for Latin America; Heritage Foundation
* Dina Paul Parks. Executive Director; National Coalition for Haitian
Rights (NCHR)


Here is the lede of the Miami Herald article and a link to full text:
Jailing of Haitian migrants angers lawmakers at hearings
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers voiced dismay and even anger Tuesday as experts told
how U.S. immigration officials treat Haitian migrants caught on the high
seas off Florida as virtual criminals, throwing them into cramped lock-ups,
dividing families and hindering access to lawyers.
      In two hearings on Capitol Hill, activists for Haitian migrants said
U.S. officials offer such harsh treatment to Haitian asylum seekers that it
appears to be discrimination.
      An array of Democratic and Republican legislators, who rarely see
eye-to-eye, listened at separate hearings of a Senate subcommittee on
immigration and a House human rights panel and demanded an explanation of
federal policy on Haitians' asylum.
For full text go to http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/4191783.htm