The Haitian children have shown the strain of being caught in this limbo.
But the fact is that if this were a Haitian child, he would have been on the first plane back to Haiti.
My heart has been touched especially by the Haitian children who have suffered in the terrible earthquake.
But he did not respond to charges that Haitian children were routinely denied such documents.
"He would walk in a classroom with Haitian children and take over from the teacher."
There are 230 Haitian children under 17 housed at the same Guantanamo base.
Neither step is being considered for the Haitian children, simply because they are not expected to be here beyond a few more months.
Judge Clyde's decision does not include the 1,588 Haitian children who are in the camps with their families.
One Haitian child in three under age 5 is malnourished, the same as in 1960.