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The nonprofit Washington Office on Latin America reported that by February of this year, the U.S. government had deported some 20,000 Haitian migrants since the beginning of the Biden Administration. While sending that many people back to a country ranked as the poorest in the Western hemisphere sounds unjust, it represents a tiny fraction of the hundreds of thousands of Haitians who have reached the U.S. in recent decades only to be deported with little to no due process. Many of them, already fleeing poverty, violence or both, were abused by U.S. authorities along the way.

Back in September, nearly 15,000 mostly Haitian immigrants were camped under a bridge at the Del Rio, Texas border. Nearly 30,000 migrants have passed through since last Sept. 9, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Photos of border patrol agents on horses forcefully preventing immigrants from crossing the border—visuals I can only associate with slavery and the roles of slave patrols—have gone viral. President Joe Biden called the border patrol agents’ actions “horrible,” but his administration has done little to bring them to heel.
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why hasn’t the U.S. opened its arms to the Haitian people?

Fully considering that question requires contrasting how this country treats immigrants from other lands with how it treats Haitians. For decades Cuban defectors were allowed to enter the U.S. under the “wet foot, dry foot” policy, which ended in 2017 under the Obama administration. This policy allowed undocumented Cubans, who reached U.S. soil, were able to reside and receive their residency after a year living in the U.S., all while Haitians were continually expelled without question.

More recently, the Biden Administration in April implemented a “fast” and “streamlined” plan for Ukrainian refugees, who are fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country. The plan will allow nearly 100,000 Ukrainians to enter the U.S. in the coming months, though on a temporary basis and only as long as they have a financial sponsor in the country. Nearly 23,000 Ukrainians arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in March and April and have been processed for entry.
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The major difference is that most of the Haitian immigrants are Black while most of the Ukranians and Cubans before them are not.
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many immigrants from other countries continue to skip the line and enter the U.S. while Haitians wait for a turn that often never comes.

U.K. movie theaters offer free tickets to redheads amid punishing heat wave
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Last week, Showcase Cinemas announced on its website and social media accounts that redheads could get free tickets to a movie of their choice on Monday and Tuesday, when temperatures hit 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Free tickets were limited to one per transaction and one per day for people with red hair.