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HAITIAN REFUGEES HAVE RIGHT TO SEEK ASYLUM
(Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)
Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, for many of our residents, the images of the United States Customs and Border Patrol officers on horseback whipping Black Haitian immigrants at the border were triggering. It was traumatic. It was a reminder of our country's ugly history and its decades of mistreatment of Black folks.
What we all witnessed in Del Rio, Texas, was disgusting, not just because of the rogue, out-of-control CBP but also because the actions were a blatant betrayal of our human rights values.
Those brave Haitian refugees have a legal right to seek asylum in our country, like all who are fleeing violence and repression.
America is supposed to be a safe haven. Instead, Black asylum seekers at the border are being met with violence and deportation back to a crisis-stricken country.
All Black Haitians deserve to be treated with human dignity, and we must do better. Our failure to act against Federal agencies, at least oversight of Black immigrants coming in, is going to enable these shameful acts to continue. We must act together to stop it.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 164
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