We just returned from Panama, where we visited the people dropped there in a US expulsion operation. They are all people from Asia and Africa who cannot return to their home country and cannot stay in Panama, because Panama will not allow them to work. Families, women, children, single adults: and they say none committed any crime in the US except to try to get asylum. We also visited another group expelled to Costa Rica, now detained in an old pencil factory warehouse, where they cannot leave. This group includes small children. We also visited a place where returnees who came back on foot or by other means, can take a boat to Colombia for $250 per person. A group of families from Venezuela is stranded there because they don't have the money, and they can't go back to Venezuela. Join us for our webinar on Tuesday to hear about this situation first hand.

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Sign our PETITION:

Suggested Actions to Stem Crisis in Haiti

Haiti is suffering from an acute humanitarian crisis of violence and food insecurity, fueled by weapons and ammunition trafficked from the United States. Over a million Haitians are displaced as a result of the violence, and everyone is living in fear. In this context, the United States is rescinding Temporary Protected Status for Haitians who are here legally, and is continuing to deport Haitians back to Haiti, a country that is in no position to receive them.

We are collecting signatures for the Department of Homeland Security to end illegal trafficking of weapons and ammunition to Haiti, to protect Haitians already in this country, and to end deportation flights to Haiti. We plan to deliver the petitions in person at a public action and press conference in May.

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