The U.S. declared Haiti too dangerous for Americans but safe enough for Haitians to return to

People living and working in Haiti are questioning the Trump administration’s reasoning that it is safe enough for Haitians temporarily living in the U.S. to return to their embattled country of origin. To keep the children in his orphanage safe, Gengel said he had to learn how to shoot a firearm and has purchased guns to support the hired security at the Port-au-Prince facility. “Deporting people back to these conditions is a death sentence for many, stripping them of their fundamental right to safety and dignity,” said Tessa Pettit, a Haitian American who is executive director of the Florida Immigrant Coalition, to The Associated Press.

Author: Curtis Bunn, Erika Angulo

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