On a sunny day in late October, pastor Jean Maurice stood outside the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Newark, along with other organizers, demanding a fair asylum process and an end to deportations. Amid rising violence in Haiti and a recent migration crisis, Maurice said he felt a need to speak up for his fellow Haitians who do not have a voice.
“The Biden administration has not been cooperative enough to work in partnership with the diaspora,” said Maurice, pastor at Temple of United Christians Brick Church in East Orange, New Jersey. “The administration needs to direct Homeland Security to work in partnership with [resettlement] organizations and the churches so we can resettle these people in a fair way.”
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