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ruling's impact on refugees  The Supreme Court's ruling on
Guantánamo detainees may have implications for Haitian and Cuban
refugees.  About these ads  A recent US Supreme Court decision
dealing with the war on terror may herald good news for Haitian
and Cuban refugees seeking freedom in America.  The nation's
highest court on June 28 extended the jurisdiction of US courts
to detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The
landmark decision in Rasul v. Bush focuses on the plight of 594
Al Qaeda and Taliban suspects being held indefinitely in
military custody there.  But immigration-law experts say the
ruling may also benefit a second, lesser-known group of
individuals being housed at Guantánamo - Haitians and Cubans who
fled persecution in their homelands.  At present, there are 39
Cuban refugees and 14 Haitian refugees at the Guantánamo base.
(In addition, one migrant of unidentified nationality is being
held.)  "What the Rasul case suggests t