Official: US to expel Haitians from border, fly to Haiti

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://apnews.com/article/texas-migrants-haiti-del-rio-border-mexico-14cc4765f758df5aaf6fa546525416b7

DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration plans the widescale expulsion of Haitian migrants from a small Texas border city by putting them on flights to Haiti starting Sunday, an official said Friday, representing a swift and dramatic response to thousands who suddenly crossed the border from Mexico and gathered under and around a bridge.

Details are yet to be finalized but will likely involve five to eight flights a day, according to the official with direct knowledge of the plans who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. San Antonio, the nearest major city, may be among the departure cities.

Another administration official speaking on condition of anonymity expected two flights a day at most and said all migrants would be tested for COVID-19.

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The flight plan, while potentially massive in scale, hinges on how Haitians respond. They may face a choice: stay put at the risk of being sent back to their impoverished homeland -- wracked by poverty, political instability and a recent earthquake — or return to Mexico. Unaccompanied children are exempt from fast-track expulsions.

[Sympthsical]

1. Imagine if the Trump administration did this

But he's not, so . . .

. . .

. . .

Yeah, the response will look like that.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. I mean...

[Treefrog]

6. Yup.

[Devil Child]

2. Good n/t

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Kick.

[lpbk2713]

5. I'm guessing a lot of children will be abandoned.

Just to give them a chance at life.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Three flights are scheduled today; one has already taken off.

[sarisataka]

8. The lack of commentary is both

Interesting and enlightening.

[Elessar Zappa]

9. What are we supposed to say?

It is what it is. Our immigration system sucks and always has, although it was made exponentially worse by the prior regime.

[sarisataka]

10. We had a lot to say about it recently.

Have we given up on demanding fair treatment for immigrants because the system has always sucked? The last guy screwed it up more so nothing we can do- just quietly go about our business and pretend we don't see it?

[Elessar Zappa]

12. I doubt there's anyone on this site

who believes our immigration system is fair and just. It sucks, and yes, it should be overhauled. Hopefully it will be addressed in a serious way while we still hold the Whitehouse. I doubt Biden is happy with the situation.

[sarisataka]

14. I don't doubt any of that however

You cannot honestly refute that had this been posted a year ago it would have had 75 comments and 130 recs by now.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. It says quite a bit.

[Kaleva]

13. Biden appears to be following the law. He may wish it was different.

I tell my Trump supporting FIL that if it was up to me (assuming I had dictatorial powers), I'd house them, give them a health checkup including testing for COVID19, provide them with the necessities including food, water and clothing , screen them for criminal records, issue them a green card and provide them with transportation to the area they may have friends or family or those who don't, a Haitian community of their choice.