There’s not an ounce of recognition that the calamity many face in Haiti lies directly at the feet of U.S. foreign policy for centuries.
It is particularly vexing, because it was only a few months ago in May when the same administration determined that Haiti wasn’t able to repatriate citizens due to the unsafe conditions on the ground. How is the temporary protected status determination less potent after yet another earthquake and further civil unrest? Hundreds of thousands are without access to power, shelter, food and clean water and conditions are worsening.
These factors combined illustrate the inhumanity of sending planes full of people who were fleeing these conditions, right back into them. is particularly crass, public health orders exist for the greater good. No one is served by expelling people back to violent and unsafe conditions. The Biden administration has spoken often and eloquently about America’s regard at home and abroad and bringing back esteem to the United States. These sentiments are dissonant with our current actions. Saying the words ‘human rights matter’ becomes rather hollow when this is how the U.S. treats those seeking asylum.
Recommendations from U.S.-based organizations advocating for Haiti and further endorsed by several members of Congress need to be followed. This includes halting Haiti deportations and releasing Haitians in detention, updating the TPS cutoff date to instead be “continuous presence” and offer deferred enforced departure designations for Haitians. Finally, the U.S. must offer humanitarian parole for Haitians arriving at the border.
Each administration is faced with a choice on our relations with Haiti and how we treat our neighbors. Up to this point, the choice has universally been to enslave, invade or expel. This seemingly endless cycle is failing, and we are failing, as a country to live up to any hope of redemption. We must find a way to break the cycle and the opportunity is now.
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