Epoch Times By Charlotte Cuthbertson December 22, 2021
DEL RIO, Texas—Several Haitians who crossed into the United States illegally are suing the Biden administration over “racist treatment” of the approximately 15,000 Haitians who gathered in a primitive encampment in Del Rio, Texas, in September.
The Haitian Bridge Alliance, a nonprofit based in California, joined 11 Haitians in filing the suit on Dec. 20, the group announced on Twitter.
The lawsuit alleges the Biden administration mistreated the Haitians with “calculated indifference.”
“They were denied food, water, and medical care. They were physically and verbally abused. And they were summarily expelled without an opportunity to request asylum and without consideration of the danger they would face in Haiti or Mexico,” the lawsuit charges.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) didn’t respond to requests for comment by The Epoch Times.
The lawsuit alleges that the Biden administration has been using the Title 42 health directive against Haitians and other illegal immigrants.
Title 42 was put in place in March 2020 to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic by stopping nonessential border travel.
“Consistent with the United States’ long history of anti-Haitian and anti-Black immigration policies, the Biden administration has used the Title 42 process as a cudgel to deny thousands of Haitians an opportunity to access the U.S. asylum process,” the lawsuit states.
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