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January 21, 2011

U.S. Resumes Deportations to Haiti 
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The U.S. government has resumed deportations to Haiti for the first time
since the devastating earthquake one year ago. On Thursday, U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said 27 Haitian nationals with
criminal records in the United States have been deported to Haiti. Human
rights groups have criticized the move amidst a cholera outbreak,
election-related violence and the ongoing devastation from the
earthquake. Earlier this month, a group of U.S.-based human rights
groups and legal organizations filed an emergency petition with the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to halt the roundups,
detention and deportations of Haitian nationals by the U.S. government.



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