BlackImmigrants

Some of the most important immigration news you have may missed over the holiday break

Quite a bit of news gets lost during the holidays, between vacations, staycations, visiting loved ones, or simply just tuning out for some mental health purposes. On an issue like immigration, even …

Mon Jan 3, 2022

Biden admin was warned internally that Haitian deportations posed a grave human rights violation

Before resigning his post this past fall, a senior State Department official authored a memo slamming the unlawful deportations of Haitians under the anti-asylum Title 42 policy. The ongoing policy …

Tue Dec 7, 2021

ICE is blocking Haitian asylum-seekers from accessing legal groups: 'It's racist, it's wrong'

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have refused to allow Haitian asylum-seekers detained at a New Mexico detention facility access to legal services that could determine their futures …

Thu Nov 11, 2021

Civil rights group files complaint on behalf of nearly 50 Haitian families abused in U.S. custody

Nearly 50 people who fled threatening conditions in Haiti, only to be detained under a bridge by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials for as long as ten days, have launched a civil rights …

Tue Oct 19, 2021

Schumer, Menendez lead senators in slamming 'cruel treatment' and 'summary deportations' of Haitians

A letter from a coalition of senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Menendez has become the latest condemnation of the Biden administration’s …

Tue Oct 12, 2021

GOP governors ignore COVID-19 cases in their states to join Greg Abbott for yet another border stunt

Republican governors whose states continue to be hard hit by COVID-19 infections have been diligently working … at demonizing asylum-seekers at the southern border. Nine right-wing governors joined …

Sat Oct 9, 2021

'No testing being done': Black immigrants file complaint over harmful conditions, anti-Black abuses

Nine Black immigrants currently jailed at a Florida detention facility with a long history of inhumane conditions have filed a civil rights complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) …

Thu Oct 7, 2021

Four U.N. agencies appeal to 'countries in the Americas' to uphold human rights of Haitians

In a rare joint statement issued this week, four United Nations (U.N.) agencies appealed on “countries in the Americas” to “uphold the fundamental human rights of Haitians” and urged nations to …

Sat Oct 2, 2021

Biden admin wins shameful effort to save Stephen Miller's anti-asylum Title 42 policy

On Thursday, a federal appeals court allowed the continued use of the Title 42 policy, pushed initially through the previous administration by Stephen Miller, that’s used the novel coronavirus …

Fri Oct 1, 2021

Black immigration groups file civil rights complaint over Haitian abuses, seek halt to deportations

A coalition of Black immigration advocacy groups has filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), following the recent abusive …

Mon Sep 27, 2021

Frustration, dismay over Biden admin's asylum stance coming from inside the house, too, report says

Advocates and legislators alike have been angered and devastated over the mistreatment and deportation of Haitian asylum-seekers and migrants at the U.S. southern border. “Asylum is and always will be …

Fri Sep 24, 2021

Black lawmakers meet with White House over Haitian abuses, urge halt to deportations and Title 42

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members including Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty were among the legislators meeting with White House officials on Wednesday, when they voiced …

Thu Sep 23, 2021

Special envoy to Haiti resigns citing Biden admin’s ‘inhumane, counterproductive’ deportations

Ambassador Daniel Foote, a special envoy for Haiti, has announced his resignation amid numerous calls for the Biden administration to immediately end mass deportations for Haitian migrants. According …

Thu Sep 23, 2021

Alejandro Mayorkas says reporters are ‘assuming the facts,’ border agents use reins not whips

 A White House press conference was held Monday after disturbing images and video surfaced online in regards to the massive Haitian deportations in Texas over the weekend. The footage appeared to show …

Wed Sep 22, 2021

'Humanitarian crisis on the island': Lawmakers call on Biden admin to halt Haitian deportations

Dozens of lawmakers led by Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley and New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez are calling on the Biden administration to immediately halt mass deportations to Haiti, writing in a …

Mon Sep 20, 2021

'We are in utter disbelief': Biden admin faces condemnation over deportation flight to Haiti

Immigrant and human rights advocates expressed outrage on Thursday amid news that the Biden administration deported nearly 90 people—including a number of children under age 3, advocates said—back to …

Fri Sep 17, 2021

Advocates call on Biden admin to halt deportation of Haitian asylum-seekers following earthquake

Advocates are appealing to the Biden administration to halt the deportation of asylum-seekers to Haiti, following the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the nation on Aug. 14. They said …

Tue Aug 17, 2021

'We reminded her of the urgency of this moment': Immigrants meet with Harris following DACA ruling

Young undocumented immigrants met with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House on Thursday, the second meeting in as many months, but the first following a devastating ruling from a Texas …

Fri Jul 23, 2021

Rep. Mondaire Jones leads lawmakers in urging Biden admin to bring back unjustly deported immigrants

New York Rep. Mondaire Jones and more than two dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CHC) are urging President Joe Biden to bring back unjustly deported immigrants, noting that “painful and …

Thu Jul 8, 2021

As Juneteenth becomes federal holiday, advocates call for deportation relief for Black immigrants

Leading advocacy groups marked the first Juneteenth to be celebrated as a federal holiday by calling on the Biden administration to protect Black immigrants from deportation. While the administration …

Mon Jun 21, 2021