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  • Haitians see history of racist policies in migrant treatment

    09/24/2021 5:36:52 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 21 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | September 24, 2021 | By AARON MORRISON and ASTRID GALVAN
    The images — men on horseback, appearing to use reins as whips to corral Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico — provoked an outcry. But to many Haitians and Black Americans, they’re merely confirmation of a deeply held belief: U.S. immigration policies, they say, are and have long been anti-Black. The Border Patrol’s treatment of Haitian migrants, they say, is just the latest in a long history of discriminatory U.S. policies and of indignities faced by Black people, sparking new anger among Haitian Americans, Black immigrant advocates and civil rights leaders. They point to immigration...