Many in the community were misguided into thinking that Trump would provide solutions to their problems, or ignored the pending doom he would inflict, as though the Haitian community would be immune to his catastrophic influence. Instead, efforts were made at the 11th hour to help stave off a fate that had already been sealed the day Trump took his oath of office.
In the Haitian community, and I suspect in other Caribbean and African ones as well, we place a great deal of importance on differentiating ourselves from other Black groups in America.
By Vania Andre On the eve of the eighth anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters to hit Haiti, President Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance against black and brown immigrants migrating to the United States. During a meeting Thursday evening at the White House to discuss immigration policies, Trump said he did not want…
Dear friends and supporters, It is no exaggeration to say that Haiti and the Haitian community in the United States are under attack from this regime in Washington.We can’t and should no longer remain silent under such withering attacks. At the same time, the news business has undergone its own transformation and the working model…
By Vania Andre
The key thing to remember about the ethnic cleansing taking place in the Dominican Republic is that we are all immigrants of some nation.
This is not a Haiti / Dominican immigration issue. This is a basic human rights issue. The men and women targeted and affected by this are the descendants of immigrants. Who among us here are not?