Our nation's Haitian double standard
As Central Americans wait in Mexico for the U.S. to hear their asylum cases, Haitians in the U.S. are being expelled. Note: This episode mentions thoughts of suicide.
Headlines From The Times · Gustavo Arellano, Ashlea Brown, Mario Diaz, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Shani Hilton, Denise Guerra, Lauren Raab, Melissa Kaplan, Shannon Lin, Marina Peña
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Show Notes
Note: This episode mentions thoughts of suicide.
Over the last month, the population of Del Rio, Texas, has jumped by half. The reason: refugees, many of them Haitian, have arrived and set up a tent city under a freeway overpass. They’re hoping for a chance to live in the United States, but the Biden administration isn’t so welcoming.
This isn’t anything new for Haitians. For decades, the U.S. has treated them far differently than other migrants from the Western Hemisphere.
Today, we go to the Del Rio camp and hear from Haitians who are staying there. And we dive into this refugee double standard that has immigration activists comparing President Biden to Donald Trump. Our guest is L.A. Times Houston bureau chief Molly Hennessy-Fiske.
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