On WNYC’s The Takeaway, IJDH Executive Director Franciscka Lucien discusses the journeys of Haitian migrants to the US’s southern border, the Biden administration’s expulsions under the Title 42 policy, and the history of discrimination against Haitian migrants. “…there needs to be greater care taken when evoking public health as a justification for actions that actually impact and may even violate the human rights and certainly the dignity of immigrants coming to the US seeking refuge and asylum,” Lucien says.
Listen to the full episode here.