Haitian Leader Complains Even Haiti Can’t Handle Haitian Migrants
The article discusses comments made by Leslie Voltaire, the president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, regarding the challenges Haiti faces in handling its own citizens returning from abroad, notably considering changed U.S.immigration policies under President Donald Trump.Voltaire expressed his concerns to the Associated Press, stating that the influx of Haitians would be “catastrophic” for a country already struggling with food insecurity and displacement. He lamented that Trump would not prioritize Haitian issues and criticized the potential expulsion of Haitians living in the U.S. This sentiment was echoed by Colombian authorities who initially resisted the return of Colombians deported from the U.S., illustrating a broader resistance among some countries to accepting their migrants back.The article prompts readers to consider what this reluctance to repatriate citizens signifies about the state of these nations. The author, Brianna Lyman, highlights the complexities of immigration policy and its impact on countries like Haiti and Colombia.
On Saturday Leslie Voltaire, the president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council, whined to the Associated Press (AP) that Haiti can’t handle an influx of its own people, as President Donald Trump takes steps to restore America’s national sovereignty.
Voltaire visited the Vatican to “ask for help for Haiti,” according to the AP. Voltaire lamented that Trump won’t “care” about Haiti (probably because Trump is the president of the United States, not Haiti) and that new changes to U.S. immigration policy will be “catastrophic” for Haiti. Voltaire noted that there are approximately 1.5 million Haitians in the United States and approximately 150,000 who were accepted under the “Temporary Protection System.”
Voltaire then complained to the AP that Trump wants to “expel all of them” before, according to the report, “adding that Haiti, which is already struggling with hunger and internally displaced people, cannot handle the influx.”
Yes, Voltaire’s argument is essentially that “more Haitians in Haiti would be ‘catastrophic.’”
But as pointed out by X user “Lady Astor,” if Haiti getting people its own people is “catastrophic,” imagine how “catastrophic” it was for the residents of Springfield, Ohio, when the Biden-Harris administration dumped approximately 20,000 Haitians there?
Haiti isn’t the only nation putting up a fight against taking back its own people.
On Sunday Colombian authorities initially refused to take back Colombians who entered the United States illegally and were deported by President Donald Trump. Colombian President Gustavo Petro said, “The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals,” and he denied entry to American planes transporting the illegal immigrants, telling Trump he needed to create a “protocol for the dignified treatment of migrants before we receive them.”
Trump responded by telling Petro to kick rocks, announcing the implementation of a 25 percent emergency tariff on all imported Colombian goods that would be raised to 50 percent by next week, as well as travel bans and visa sanctions. Shortly after Trump’s announcement, Petro capitulated and announced he would accept his fellow Colombians.
Surely if these are those “hardworking” and “good” illegal immigrants the left constantly lectures us about, then their native countries would be more than happy to take them back so that they can revitalize their own countries the way they supposedly are revitalizing America.
So what does it tell you when countries like Colombia and Haiti don’t even want their own people back?
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