Hi, Customs and Border Patrol agents used whips on Haitian refugees, and are putting them on planes to Haiti -- a country still struggle to survive a massive earthquake and presidential assassination. CBP's abuse of refugees is horrific and must stop. But the underlying policy of deporting refugees from Haiti is itself a major problem. We should be welcoming refugees, not turning them away! Sign the petition: Tell President Biden to immediately halt to Haitian deportations! For too long CBP, as well as ICE, have abused their powers to target, spy on, physically harm, and de-humanize immigrant communities. It was only a few years ago the CBP and ICE ripped children from the families at the border during the Trump administration. Shockingly, CBP is still housing children in cages at the border during the pandemic. But the systemic violence doesn't stop there. CBP has spied on immigrant communities, used drones to surveil Black Lives Matter protests after the death of George Floyd, and was recently caught bypassing 4th Amendment protections against illegal search and seizure by buying individual's real-time location. These abuses are enabled by the underlying policy of refusing to welcome refugees to our country. Haitian refugees deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, and they deserve to file asylum claims in the safety of the United States. That's why Congress members like Rep. Ayanna Pressley are calling for President Biden to "immediately and indefinitely halt deportations."1 Sign the petition: Tell President Biden to immediately halt to Haitian deportations! Thanks for taking action, Sources: PAID FOR BY DEMAND PROGRESS (DemandProgress.org) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Join our online community on Facebook or Twitter. You can unsubscribe from this list at any time. |