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April 19, 2024

U.S. Deports 70 Haitian Asylum Seekers Despite Humanitarian and Security Disaster in Haiti
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The U.S. deported over 70 Haitian asylum seekers Thursday despite a
spiraling security and humanitarian crisis in Haiti. Immigration rights
advocates have been demanding the Biden administration halt all
deportation flights to Haiti. The Haitian Bridge Alliance said in a
statement, "Deportations to Haiti are intentional violence and blatant
anti-Black discrimination. The hypocrisy by the Biden-Harris
administration must cease."

Earlier this week, Haitian officials named the members of a transitional
council that will take power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps
down. The council, made up of voting members and nonvoting observers,
will choose a new prime minister and wield certain presidential powers
by majority vote. Members of the council include a former employee of
the World Bank. Its mandate expires in February 2026.


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