Ruling upheld
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More than 40,000 Haitian refugees have been intercepted at sea since the overthrow of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991. The court ruled 8-1 that the policy of stopping Haitians in international waters and sending them home did not violate immigration law or international treaty obligations.
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