THE SAFETY OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
>> WITH ME IS THE PRESIDENT OF
THE HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THE EFFECTS
OF TITLE 42, SPECIFICALLY ON
HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING AND SEEING
AMID THESE DEPORTATIONS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALICIA,
FOR HAVING ME.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS COMPLETE
CHAOS.
THE FACT THAT WE SEE THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO USE
TITLE 42 TO DEPORT AND EXPEL
PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY TO HAITI, AS
YOU JUST MENTIONED, THAT THE
UNITED STATES JUST HIGHLIGHTED
HAITI AS A LEVEL 4, DO NOT TRAVEL, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE
TRAVEL, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE
SEE AS OF YESTERDAY 30
DEPORTATION EXPULSION FLIGHTS TO
HAITI, INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN,
INFANTS AS YOUNG AS
ONE-MONTH-OLD, CHILDREN INSTEAD
OF PROTECTING THEM WE CONTINUE
TO USE THIS TITLE 42 AS A TRAP
TO LITERALLY CONTINUE THE SAME
SYSTEM THAT TRUMP HAS PUT IN
PLACE, WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AND THAT IS WHY WE AS A
COMMUNITY ARE CALLING ON
PRESIDENT BIDEN TO IMMEDIATELY
RESCIND TITLE 42.
>> TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT SUPER
THIS HAS BECOME ONE OF THE
STICKIEST QUESTIONS IN ALL OF
THIS.
WHAT WOULD IT MEANS TO GET RID
OF TITLE 42?
>> WHAT IT WILL MEAN TO GET RID
OF TITLE 42, IT WILL MEAN TO
ACTUALLY PROVIDE A WAY FOR
PEOPLE TO SAFELY APPLY FOR
ASYLUM AT THE U.S./MEXICO BORED.
IT WILL MEAN THAT WE ACTUALLY
KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THAT
MEDICAL OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THAT
TITLE 42 HAS NO BEARING, YOU
KNOW, THE WAY THEY’RE USING IT.
BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING IF TITLE
42 IS BEING USED AS A WAY TO
PROTECT THE AMERICANS FROM
COVID, UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY
TEST THOSE PEOPLE BEFORE
DEPORTING THEM.
THEREFORE, IF THEY ARE TESTED
NEGATIVE, THEN THEY DO NOT --
THEY DO NOT BRING ANY RISK TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
NOT ONLY THOSE ASYLUM SEEKERS,
MIGRANTS, AND BABIES ARE
PROTECTED, BUT THEY ARE ALSO
BEING ABLE TO BE CARED FOR AND
WELCOMED WITH DIGNITY.
SO TITLE 42 AS WE SEE BEING USED
IS UNACCEPTABLE AND BORDERLINE
ILLEGAL.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
REPORT RELEASED THIS WEEK.
HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST TRACKING 500
ATTACKS AND KIDNAPPINGS SUFFERED
BY ASYLUM SEEKERS, TURNED AWAY
OR STRANDED IN MEXICO SINCE
PRESIDENT BIDEN TOOK OFFICE.
WHAT ARE THE REALITIES OF WHAT
BLACK IMMIGRANTS SPECIFICALLY
FACE WHEN THEY ARE EXPELLED INTO
MEXICO?
WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?
>> AGAIN, ALICIA, THANK YOU.
AS OF YESTERDAY, I RECEIVED A
CALL AT 6:00 A.M. WHERE ONE OF
THE PEOPLE FROM HAITI WHO HAS
BEEN IN TIJUANA FOR THE PAST
FOUR YEARS WAS BEING HELD AT
GUNPOINT.
AND HE WAS ROBBED AND HE WAS
UNABLE TO TELL US IF HE WAS
ROBBED BY REGULAR PEOPLE ON THE
STREET, BY A GANG, BY THE
CARTEL, OR BY THE POLICE.
SIMPLY HE SAID THAT THEY TOOK
HIS MONEY, THEY STABBED HIM,
THEY WERE WEARING BLUE VESTS AND
THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE
OFFICIALS.
BUT THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY I.D.
AND HE BARELY ESCAPED BECAUSE HE
PAID THEM SO THEY COULD LET HIM
GO.
THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
SO THE DANGER FOR HAITIAN
IMMIGRANTS, THE DANGER FOR BLACK
IMMIGRANTS AS THEY TRAVEL THIS
LONG, LONG JOURNEY TO COME AND
ASK FOR ASYLUM IS UNSAFE FOR
THEM, UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE
BLACK IMMIGRANTS, THOSE HAITIAN
IMMIGRANTS, THOSE ETHIOPIAN
IMMIGRANTS ARE MOST VULNERABLE.
THEY CANNOT ESCAPE.
THE MOMENT THEY STEP FOOT ON THE
SOIL, THEY SEE THAT THEY DON’T
BELONG THERE.
YOU KNOW, UNLIKE THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTH AMERICANS FROM GUATEMALA
AND HONDURAS WHO MIGHT PASS,
THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO BLEND INTO
THE COMMUNITY IN TIJUANA OR IN
RENOSA OR TAPACHULA.
BUT IF YOU’RE BLACK, THERE’S IN
ARE TO HIDE, THERE’S NOTHING TO
PROTECT YOU.
THE VULNERABILITIES WE SEE
WITHIN THE VERY SYSTEM IS NEARLY