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Baron de Mackau of France presenting demands to Jean-Pierre Boyer, President of Haiti, in 1825


In recent weeks, thousands of refugees from Haiti have arrived at the US-Mexico border, desperate for a better life. Most left Haiti years ago after an earthquake in 2010 devastated what was already one of the world’s most dismal economies. They had originally settled in places like Chile, but the politics of the region made them feel unwanted, discriminated against and fearful for the future.

Haitian refugees hoped that the United States, under President Biden, would offer them a lifeline. They were wrong. The Biden administration has returned thousands of people to Haiti, even though Haiti is a disaster area, and many refugees fled it years ago. Some of those the US government forcibly sent to Haiti are children who have never lived there.

Ambassador Daniel Foote, who was appointed by President Biden as phone number library the United States’ special envoy to Haiti in July, has resigned in protest against his administration’s policies. “I will not be associated with the inhuman and counterproductive decision of the United States to expel thousands of Haitian refugees,” Foote wrote in his resignation letter.


Tens of thousands of migrants, many of them Haitians previously living in South America, have arrived in Mexico in recent weeks hoping to enter the United States.


Tens of thousands of migrants, many of them Haitians previously living in South America, have arrived in Mexico in recent weeks hoping to enter the United States.