FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER
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John -- the situation in Haiti is dire as families and children grapple with the increased levels of political unrest and violence that led to Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination in his home in Pelerin, a suburb of Port-au-Prince last week.
But that’s only the latest threat in an ongoing unraveling of daily life in Haiti.
For years, Haitians have been forced to migrate because of political unrest, abuse, kidnapping, internal and external violence, and natural disasters. Despite this, the Biden administration has already deported over two thousand Haitians under a continuation of a Trump policy known as Title 42. Thousands more remain trapped at the Mexican border.
The new political turmoil in Haiti underscores the need to halt all deportations, release all Haitian nationals who are currently in detention centers in the U.S and instead welcome families and children fleeing danger.
Will you add your name and support our partners at the Haitian Bridge Alliance to demand a complete halt on all deportations to Haiti and the release of all Haitian asylum seekers who are currently caged in immigration prisons in the United States?
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On the eve of the assassination, the United States sent the 35th flight this year of Black migrants back to Haiti, relegating them to a more dangerous and uncertain future . No one leaves their home because they want to. They leave because they must. In the words of Guerline Jozef, co-founder and Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance:
“Our hearts are crying for peace. Our hearts are crying for protection, because [Haitian migrants in the United States] do not want to leave their home. But what do people have to do when home is in the mouth of a shark?”
— Guerline Jozef, co-founder and Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge AllianceImage of Haitian Bridge Alliance Executive Director doing a TV interview
Can you imagine the pain of fleeing your country for safety only to be separated from your family and deported back to even more danger with the new terror of assassination and complete chaos?
Haitians have been a critical part of the fabric of our country for centuries. Chicago was founded by Haitian Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Haitian soldiers joined the American revolutionary war, and today there are robust communities in states such as Florida, New York and Massachusetts.
But this is dismissed in the relentless demonization and deportation of Haitians: a less well known but hugely important way that ongoing family separation policies continue to tear families apart.
Will you add your name to join our partners at the Haitian Bridge Alliance and call for a complete halt on all deportations to Haiti and the release of all Haitian asylum seekers who are currently caged in immigration prisons in the United States?
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Thank you for supporting Families Belong Together and staying true to our commitment that we can and we must do better to welcome families and children with dignity.
Stay tuned for more ways to support Haitian migrants and put an end to cruel and inhumane deportations that put families and children in the direct line of danger.
Thanks for all you do,
The Families Belong Together Team
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