Haiti: Patrice Lawrence discusses U.S. inhumane treatment of Haitian migrants at U.S.-Mexico Border and Black Lives Matter influence on U.S. immigration policy.

On September 19, 2021,  the world watched in shock as images flew across the airwaves showing the inhuman treatment of Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico Border.  Headlines across the globe were brutal:  “Grim echoes of history in images of Haitians at U.S.-Mexico Border” from London’s BBC to “Biden faces harsh criticism for expelling Haitian asylum seeker” by Al-Jazeera in Qatar.  The horrifying images of the US Border Patrol galloping on their horses while whipping black Haitian immigrants into submission revive emotions of slavery.  Some argue that the Biden administration is only continuing a long history of exclusionary policy against Haitian asylum seekers.

In this episode, Alexanderia Haidara interviews Patrice Lawrence, Executive Director of Undocublack, an organization leading the fight to help address the Haitian migrant crisis and provide justice for black immigrants in America.  Given the aftermath of the George Floyd cases, should Black America, descendants of American slaves, care about the Haitian crisis? How do we bridge the gap between mainstream Black America and the black immigrant community? Find out more on Global Take.

Bio: Patrice Lawrence is Executive Director of UndocuBlack Network (UBN). She leads the work of those who are Black, currently or formerly undocumented across the diaspora and are steadily leading the charge on what they need by making their demands clear on a local and national level. UndocuBlack™️ has ushered in victories for TPS and Liberian DED communities, fought for DACA and now involving the legalization fight for all 11 million undocumented people, public health, mental wellness, and spearheaded powerful media narratives centering Black undocumented people while fighting the criminalization of our lives through unjust deportation and detention.