Friend,

In the latest chapter in a long history of anti-Black racism in U.S. immigration
policy, the Biden administration is reportedly proposing to detain Haitian
asylum seekers at Guantánamo Bay — a place notoriously associated with war
crimes and torture in the post-9/11 era.

At a time of escalating violence and crises in Haiti, the Biden administration
is doubling down on detention and deportation to punish, rather than protect,
Haitians seeking safety.

This proposal threatens to further a disturbing history of violence towards
Haiti and its people. Going as far back as the 1970s, the United States has
enacted economic and militaristic policies which largely led to the current
state of poverty and political instability in Haiti. More recently, in the
1990s, the U.S. government used Guantánamo as a makeshift prison camp to detain
thousands of Haitians in deplorable conditions indefinitely.

Friend, we cannot allow history to repeat itself. Join us
in calling on the Biden administration to reverse course on its reported plans
to detain Haitian migrants at Guantánamo today. Send an email to POTUS now >>>
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[[link removed]]The administration has already mobilized the U.S. Coast Guard to intercept
Haitian migrants at sea and return them back to Haiti, where they face
indefinite detention in Haiti’s National Penitentiary.

Along with dozens of organizations, led by the Haitian Bridge Alliance, we are
urging the administration to reverse its plans to hold Haitian asylum seekers in
any offshore detention sites, including Guantánamo, and we need your help to
amplify our call.

Add your voice to our rallying cry to provide safe pathways to protection for
Haitian migrants. Send an urgent email to the Biden administration today >>>
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The ability to seek asylum is a legal right in the United States for people of
all races. We must push back against this punitive proposal which is so clearly
rooted in anti-Blackness.

In solidarity,

Lisa Graybill
Vice President, Law & Policy
National Immigration Law Center

P.S. Are you interested in learning more about President Biden's reported plans
to detain Haitian migrants at Guantánamo? Read our blog post on this topic here
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