Some 800 people rallied in front of the Immigration and Naturalization Service building in Miami November 4 to protest the U.S. government’s unequal treatment of Haitian refugees and demand their release. The crowd, mostly Haitians, chanted in Creole, "No, no we’re not leaving, and if we do, we’ll be back, because America is for all." The demonstration was organized a week after the jailing of more than 200 Haitians who arrived on U.S. shores October 29. Nineteen Haitians and two Dominicans who were on the boat were sent back to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 5, while 35 Cubans who arrived in the United States the next day will receive asylum based on U.S. immigration laws. "People are still angry," said Claudine Sada, who participated in the demonstration. "It’s not going to just go away. We’re asking for equal treatment, a fair chance."
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