The Biden administration reportedly deported more than 60 Haitian nationals back to the Caribbean island on Thursday, a day after the U.S. State Department warned American citizens to flee the country amid ongoing civil unrest and political turmoil.
The deportation flight marks the second to Haiti this month, according to The Hill. Just before 8:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, a plane left Alexandria, Louisiana, and reportedly arrived in Port-au-Prince shortly after 11 a.m.
Guerline Jozef, co-founder of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, an immigrant advocacy group in the U.S., reportedly called the move from the Biden administration a “travesty” to The Miami Herald, condemning its decision to evacuate U.S. nationals while deporting Haitian migrants simultaneously.
“This is a travesty for the United States to be sending any deportation flights to Haiti right now,” Jozef said. “It should be viewed as a human rights violation and a potential crime against humanity.”
Jozef reportedly heard…