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U.S. envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant deportations
Politico / Nick Niedzwiadek & Jonathan Custodio / September 23, 2021
The U.S. special envoy for Haiti resigned on Wednesday, rebuking the Biden administration's handling of Haitian refugees amassed along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Local 10 News / Amanda Batchelor / September 23, 2021
U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Florida held a news conference Thursday afternoon with other elected officials and community activists to discuss the treatment of Haitian migrants at the Texas border.
Frederica Wilson rails against Haitian deportation flights, calls treatment 'inhumane'
The Hill / Celine Castronuovo / September 23, 2021
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) on Thursday called on the Biden administration to immediately end the deportations of Haitian migrants gathered at the southern border, arguing that it is "inhumane" to send people back to a country "in tatters."
'You Got to Fix This': Rep. Wilson Criticizes Biden Over Deportation of Haitian Migrants
NBC Miami / September 23, 2021
Rep. Frederica Wilson was joined by other lawmakers and activists Thursday to urge the Biden Administration to stop large-scale deportations of Haitian migrants back to their homeland afflicted by natural disaster and the president's assassination.
Dem Rep. Wilson: 'Inhumane' to Deport Haitians to Haiti - U.S. Has Obligation to Take Them In
BreitBart / Pam Key / September 23, 2021
Thursday on CNN's "The Lead," Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) called it "inhumane" to deport Haitian migrants back to a country that cannot accept them.
Haitians see history of racist policies in migrant treatment
Daily Harald / Aaron Morrison & Astrid Galvin / September 24, 2021
The images - men on horseback, appearing to use reins as whips to corral Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico - provoked an outcry. But to many Haitians and Black Americans, they're merely confirmation of a deeply held belief:
U.S. immigration policies, they say, are and have long been anti-Black.
Florida Rep. Wilson tells Biden to 'pay' migrants not to come to US
The Washington Time / September 23, 2021
Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson on Thursday called on President Biden to "pay" those fleeing Latin America for the U.S. southern border to "incentivize" them to remain in their country of origin.
'Fix this.' Miami officials furious over Haitian deportations, inaction from Biden.
Miami Herald / Bianca Padro Ocasio & Alex Daugherty / September 23, 2021