Congresswoman ‘pissed' about treatment of Haitians at Texas border, says some are being sheltered in Miami 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. Wilson kicked off the… Read more »
The Lead With Jake Tapper Jake Tapper / September 23, 2021 We've gone to Texas and to Mexico. Coming up we'll take you to Haiti. In the meantime let's discuss this with democratic congresswoman Frederica Wilson of Florida who represents Miami's little Haiti neighborhood. Congresswoman, thanks so much for joining us. Today the U.S. Special envoy to Haiti quit over the Biden… Read more »
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." In an… Read more »
‘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. "You got to… Read more »
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. Wilson said, "I am pissed about the deportations back to a country that cannot accept them.… Read more »
‘Fix this.' Miami officials furious over Haitian deportations, inaction from Biden. Miami Herald / Bianca Padro Ocasio & Alex Daugherty / September 23, 2021 Haitian-American activists and Democratic lawmakers in South Florida are growing increasingly frustrated at the Biden administration for increasing deportation flights to Haiti after they asked for a pause, as pressure… Read more »
Democrats oversee Haiti deportations and stalled immigration changes, angering advocates Miami Herald / Alex Daugherty / September 20, 2021 Mike Fernandez, a Miami billionaire and political megadonor who left the Republican Party to pursue bipartisan immigration reform, smiled into the camera last week as he announced his support for a Democrat-only plan to provide citizenship for… Read more »
Deported migrants from U.S.-Mexico border arrive in Haiti as DHS chief defends flights Miami Herald / Jacqueline Charles / September 19, 2021 As the first planeloads of angry Haitian migrants arrived in Port-au-Prince on Sunday after being repatriated from the U.S.-Mexico border, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security defended the deportations, saying misinformation is… Read more »
Thousands Of Haitians Gather Under Border Bridge, Hoping To Gain Entrance To US, As Deportations Continue CBS Miami / Joel Waldman / September 17, 2021 More than 10,000 mostly Haitian migrants are sheltering under an international bridge in Mexico, waiting to be processed by immigration authorities in the United States. The problem is that there are too many people and there is not… Read more »
‘I could have died in this city.' Some Haitians brave gangs, gunfire to deliver aid Miami Herald / Jacqueline Charles, Alex Daugherty, Michael Wilner, Syra Ortiz Blanes / August 18, 2021 As government help trickles into southwest Haiti after Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake, some Haitians are braving gang-controlled roads to bring in aid on their own. Widler "Wid" Octavius, a… Read more »
