Ending protected status for Haitians in the U.S. was racially discriminatory and part of a broader Trump administration agenda to reduce the number of immigrants of color in the U.S., according to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
The civil rights organization filed a lawsuit Jan. 24 in federal district court in Maryland, citing President Donald Trump’s reported comment that Haiti and African nations are “shithole countries,” as well as an earlier reported statement that Haitians “all have AIDS.”
The Homeland Security Department’s departure from previous analyses of country conditions also indicates that the reasons given for ...
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