US Discriminatory Immigration Policy Toward Haitians

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US Discriminatory Immigration Policies Toward Haitians - by Stephen Lendman

It's a familiar story for Haitians - last in, first out for the hemisphere's poorest, least wanted, and most abused people here and at home. Most recently it was highlighted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials announcing the resumption of over 30,000 deportations to a nation reeling from poverty, repression, despair, the devastation from last summer's storms, and occupation by UN paramilitary Blue Helmets - since 2004, illegally there for the first time ever to support and enforce a coup d'etat against a democratically elected president, at the behest of Washington.

On December 9, ICE resumed deportations after halting them in September following summer storms that battered the country leaving 800,000 people without food, clean water, other essentials, and for around 70,000 their homes.

ICE spokeswoman Nicole Navas announced: "We fully expected to resume deportation flights when it was safe. And we made a determination that it was appropriate to (do it now) based on the conditions on the ground....The individuals being returned have final orders of removal and the necessary travel documents" - even though advocates say things are worse in Haiti, not better.

BBC called the situation "eye-popping," and the Miami Herald said it was "the worst humanitarian disaster (for) Haiti in 100 years" leaving:

-- Gonaives, Haiti's third largest city, uninhabitable;

-- most of the nation's livestock and food crops destroyed as well as farm tools and seeds for replanting;

-- irrigation systems demolished;

-- collapsed buildings throughout the country; 23,000 houses destroyed; another 85,000 damaged; 964 schools destroyed or damaged;

-- conservatively about $1 billion in storm damage;

-- the threat of famine, especially for children and the elderly;

-- 2.3 million Haitians facing "food insecurity," according to USAID, reeling under 40% higher prices than in January;

-- inadequate sanitation and clean water;

-- the widespread threat of disease; and

-- overall millions lacking everything needed to survive who in normal times struggle to get by.

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