Over 280 Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Not Send Haitian Refugees to Guantanamo

Over 280 organizations sent a letter on Friday to urge the Biden administration to not send Haitian asylum seekers to Guantanamo Bay.

A copy of the letter is available here.

The letter explains:

“It is past time for the United States, and the Biden administration, to pursue these rights-respecting actions, and end the pattern of discriminatory and disparate treatment inflicted on Haitians seeking U.S. protection. During your administration, Haitians have been met with summary push-backs at the hands of the U.S. Coast Guard. People have died and continue to die at sea while seeking protection at U.S. shores. Rather than protecting them, the United States further victimizes these individuals by returning them to danger.

…Your administration has the power to turn the page on these harmful and discriminatory policies. We urge you to do right by Haitian people seeking protection, whether by land or at sea, to live up to our humanitarian obligations, and build an equitable humanitarian protection system that welcomes those seeking refuge.”

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