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February 9, 2021

Haitian Asylum Seekers, Including Children, Deported Despite Biden Administration's Promises
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In immigration news, the Biden administration is reviewing the
deportations of veterans and their families that took place under Trump.
The White House said in a statement, "The administration's immigration
enforcement will focus on those who are national-security and
public-safety threats, not military families, service members or
veterans." Immigrant justice advocates have long warned these guidelines
continue to criminalize undocumented people and asylum seekers, and
continue to give ICE wide prosecutorial discretion on who gets deported.

This comes as activists are denouncing the ongoing mass deportations of
Haitian asylum seekers. The Biden administration had temporarily
suspended removal flights to Haiti Friday. On Monday, The Guardian
reports, over 70 Haitian asylum seekers were deported, including more
than 20 babies and children. Advocate and executive director of the
Haitian Bridge Alliance, Guerline Jozef, tweeted, "We didn't vote & made
all the sacrifices to elect @Joe Biden @POTUS and @Kamala Harris @VP so
that they can continue Trump's draconian, cruel, evil & inhumane
practices."


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