Haitian brigade in action; firms and law students enlist in the battle to keep Haitian refugees here

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President Bush's decision to turn back Haitian refugees on the high seas has turned the summer of 1992 into "Freedom Summer 2" marked by a surge of legal activism on the refugees' behalf. Not since the civil rights movement has there been so much enthusiasm about righting a human rights wrong. Law professors, law students and paralegals have all joined in. The legal community's involvement started with the filing of Haitian Refugee Center, Inc v Baker in Nov 1991, alleging that the way the government identified political refugees was wrong.

United States, Political aspects, Pro bono legal services, Haitians, Haitians in the United States

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Haitian refugee imbroglio pits four factions

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U.S. District Judge C. Clyde Atkins has banned the repatriation of Haitian refugees being held at Guantanamo, Cuba by the Navy until they receive asylum counseling. This has set him squarely at odds with the Dept. of Justice which is seeking immediate deportation. The central issue is whether the refugees are motivated by political or economic concerns. Given the recent coup d'etat in Haiti, there is reason to believe that the refugees would be in political jeopardy if returned to their homeland.

Practice, United States. Department of Justice, Asylum, Right of, Right of asylum, Deportation, Refugees, Haitian, Haitian refugees, Atkins, Clyde C.

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$50 million win for cane cutters

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Attorneys for sugar-cane cutters have won a breach-of-contract suit which could net 15,000 workers more than $50 million in back pay. The suit charged that Florida sugar companies breached their promise to pay cane cutters the minimum wage implied in the job order the growers all have access to, namely, $5.30 a ton. Lawyers spent three years working on the case without pay and may now be able to seek legal fees from the court.

Compensation and benefits, Sugar industry, Agricultural laborers, Breach of contract

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