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December 21, 2021

Haitian Asylum Seekers Sue U.S. over Abuse and Racial Discrimination at Border
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In immigration news, a group of 11 Haitian asylum seekers has filed a
lawsuit against the Biden administration, accusing the U.S. government
of physical abuse, racial discrimination and other severe rights
violations while they were forced to take shelter under a bridge in the
borderlands of Del Rio, Texas, in September. The plaintiffs are also
demanding the U.S. government allow the return of the thousands of
Haitian asylum seekers deported from the Del Rio encampment. In a
statement, Guerline Jozef of the Haitian Bridge Alliance said, "The
stories I heard coming out of the Del Rio encampment will forever haunt
me: mothers with newborns denied basic necessities such as shelter and
medical care, children being fed nothing or only bread."

This comes as immigrant justice advocates are condemning the Biden
administration's ongoing mass deportation flights of Haitian asylum
seekers. Advocates report the U.S. deported 344 people to Haiti on
Monday alone - including 32 children.


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