Old racist tropes demonizing Haitians as uncivilized practitioners of barbaric or mysterious rituals have been revived, once again casting immigrants from Haiti as dangerous outsiders unworthy of protection or empathy.
Like in the United States, migration is a big talking point in Venezuela’s election. After an exodus of 7.7 million in the last decade, candidates are promising to help them return.
More than 5,000 migrants have died or disappeared attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border over the last decade. Families embroider the names of their missing loved ones as a way of telling their stories.
Kristina Shull’s book Detention Empire shines a light on the links between U.S. repressive counterinsurgency abroad and debilitating immigrant detention policies at home.
The Miskitu community along Nicaragua’s coast has long faced persecution and invisibilization. A recent increase in migration highlights the need for asylum protections for Miskitu youth.
As the city’s mayor implements a 60-day limit on shelter for asylum seeking families, a winter storm prompts the emergency evacuation of 2,000 migrants from a temporary shelter in South Brooklyn.
Coups, destabilization, and decades of other forms of U.S. military and economic intervention have driven millions of Central Americans to flee their homes.
In the Dominican Republic, policies toward Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent bear ominous parallels with Israel’s racist repression of the Palestinian people.
Gabrielle Apollon and María Alejandra Torres García
The recently launched Hemispheric Network for Haitian Migrants’ Rights connects Haitian leaders across borders to advocate for the rights of Haitian migrants and confront discriminatory policies.
