in february 2006, congressman kendrick meek sent president george w. bush a copy of santiago's report "return to haiti", urging the president to halt the deportations of haitians because of an omission in the haitian refugee immigration fairness act."return to haiti" chronicled the story of an undocumented haitian migrant who was sent back to haiti after living in the united states for 15 years. he left behind three u.s. born children and a wife. "return to haiti" won numerous awards and recognition from prominent haitian advocates such as congressman meek and haitian-american political activist marleine bastien.