IMMIGRATION - Haitian Migrants

"As U.S. deports Haitian migrants, fate of DACA immigrants also hangs in the balance" PBS NewsHour 9/20/2021

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SUMMARY:  Thousands of migrants — most of whom are from Haiti — have been removed from an encampment in the town of Del Rio, Texas, along the U.S. southern border as U.S. officials have started to take more aggressive steps to stop the encampment from growing further.  Major recent developments in Congress will also touch on the broader U.S. Immigration Policy.  Yamiche Alcindor and Lisa Desjardins report.

 

 

"Here’s the latest on the fate of Haitian migrants in Texas, Biden response to backlash" PBS NewsHour 9/23/2021

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SUMMARY:  Daniel Foote, the U.S. Special Envoy to Haiti, resigned in protest Thursday, over the Biden administration's move to deport Haitian migrants back to their troubled home country.  Foote called the handling of migrants in Del Rio, Texas, “inhumane” and “counterproductive.”  White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor broke the story of the Special Envoy's resignation and joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

 

 

"How the expulsion of Haitian migrants is affecting the crisis-torn nation" PBS NewsHour 9/25/2021

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SUMMARY:  Thousands of Haitian migrants who have been deported by the U.S. have been arriving home as authorities scramble for resources including food and medical supplies.  Haiti is reeling from a convergence of crises -- a presidential assassination, an earthquake and chaos on the streets -- and critics say America’s actions will worsen the humanitarian crisis.  Widlore Merancourt, editor-in-chief of Ayibopost, joins from Port-Au-Prince.