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San Francisco Chronicle - Monday, August 31, 1992
The protesters numbered 63 of the roughly 290 Haitians who remain at Camp Bulkeley, including about 233 who the military says have tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS.
All have been accepted as candidates for asylum in the United States but have been prevented from entering the country because immigration law excludes immigrants who are HIV positive. With them are family members who chose to stay.
Lawyers for the Haitians and the U.S. government are in a legal battle over how these special cases are to be processed. It is among the issues that the Supreme Court has been asked to decide.
Lieutenant Commander Morgan Smith, a spokesman for the U.S. Atlantic Command in Norfolk, said Saturday's disturbance was quelled through negotiation with military officials, after twelve buildings were set on fire and seven were destroyed. None of the Haitians was injured, Smith said, but one military firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation.
Since a military coup in Haiti last September, the immigration service has processed about 37,000 Haitians who fled their island nation by boat. About 26,000 of those were returned to Haiti.
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