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October 19, 2021

Protesters Block Miami Port to Demand End to Haiti Deportation Flights
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In Miami, at least 10 immigrant justice advocates were arrested Monday
after temporarily blocking the entrance to Port Miami by lying in the
roadway. The act of civil disobedience was led by several groups calling
on the Biden administration to end the deportation of Haitian asylum
seekers and issue permanent and humane immigration relief for millions
of people.

Haiti's justice minister says the criminal gang that kidnapped 17 U.S.
and Canadian missionaries and their children is asking for $1 million
for each hostage's release. The Biden administration said Monday the FBI
was in negotiations with kidnappers from the gang 400 Mawozo. 

Here in New York, Jean Montrevil, a father of four and longtime
immigrant rights leader, has returned home to the U.S. on a special
90-day parole, after he was deported to Haiti in 2018. Democracy Now!
has followed Jean Montrevil's case for over a decade; later in the
broadcast, he'll join us from a studio here in New York.


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