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October 30, 2020

U.S. Speeds Deportations to Haiti, Risking Further Coronavirus Spread
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The Guardian reports the Trump administration has significantly
increased deportations to Haiti in the weeks before the presidential
election, triggering concerns for the safety of asylum seekers and the
possible spread of the coronavirus to Haiti. The watchdog group Witness
at the Border has recorded at least 12 deportation flights to Haiti this
month. This comes as immigrant advocates say Black asylum seekers are
being disproportionately targeted. Earlier this month, 60 Cameroonian
and over two dozen Congolese asylum seekers were deported en masse, many
alleging ICE agents tortured them to force them to sign removal papers.


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