TITLE

Be prepared

AUTHOR(S)

Fenyvesi, Charles

PUB. DATE

March 1993

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;3/22/93, Vol. 114 Issue 11, p22

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that Gov. Lawton Chiles is quietly preparing as many as a dozen detention centers along Florida's Gold Coast in the event of a mass exodus from Haiti. The State Department sees no reason to expect a refugee armada to descend on Broward and Palm Beach counties; Pompano Beach residents accidentally discovered one prospective detention center last week; Details.

ACCESSION #

9303170953

 

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