U.S. Special Envoy To Haiti Resigns, Rips Biden Admin On The Way Out
Daniel Foote, the U.S. Special Envoy to Haiti, has resigned after only months on the job, and reportedly issued a scorching resignation letter on the way out the door.
The letter, addressed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and reported on by The Associated Press, accuses the administration of pursuing an “inhumane, counterproductive” deportation policy for Haitian migrants.
“I will not be associated with the United States inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees and illegal immigrants to Haiti, a country where American officials are confined to secure compounds because of the danger posed by armed gangs to daily life,” wrote Foote in the resignation letter. “Our policy approach to Haiti remains deeply flawed, and my policy recommendations have been ignored and dismissed, when not edited to project a narrative different from my own.”
Haitian migrants have been front and center in recent days, an effect of the Biden administration’s crisis on the Southern border, particularly at Del Rio, Texas, where thousands of illegal immigrants have been gathering in an attempt to stay in the United States. Some estimates placed the number of immigrants at that particular spot at roughly 14,000 people.
Although the Biden administration has said it will expel Haitian migrants camped out in Del Rio — and has expelled some migrants back to Haiti — one U.S. official recently told The Associated Press that Haitian migrants were getting freed into the U.S. on a “very, very large scale.
2 comments:
What is a "special envoy." Is that any different than an "ordinary envoy?"
A "Special Envoy" is someone who was dragged down to that shithole of a country kicking and screaming and told to clean it up.
My son was part of a peace keeping unit that stayed in Haiti for 6 mos. He said it was a corrupt shithole and one of the worst places on earth. That was nearly 25 years ago. The then Haitian President gave him a plaque for his services but I can't read it as it is written in French Creole. He also offered him a job as a soldier of fortune with the Haitian Government.
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