The Haitian migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border

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These images of U.S. border patrol agents on horseback chasing Haitian migrants along the Rio Grande have sparked outrage.   This is how the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border unfolded ...

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00:00Hey!

00:13There is no place in CBP policy

00:16that allows for the use of whips.

00:20CBP policy requires that people

00:22be treated with dignity and respect,

00:25and we certainly did not see that yesterday.

00:30In the last few days,

00:32we have seen that people

00:34are not treated with dignity

00:36and respect.

00:44The situation is very bad,

00:46very dangerous, very bad.

00:48There is no bed, there is nothing,

00:50very bad, there is no food,

00:52only water with a little bread.

01:00We have reiterated that our borders are not open,

01:08and people should not make the dangerous journey.

01:11If you come to the United States illegally,

01:14you will be returned.

01:16What the government is doing is purporting

01:18to claim authority under Title 42,

01:22which is a public health authority,

01:24and saying because of the pandemic,

01:26we have the authority to expel immigrants,

01:29including asylum seekers,

01:31from the United States immediately

01:33without any access to the asylum system.

01:36This is an unprecedented use of Title 42,

01:39and so what we see right now

01:42is that families and single adults

01:44are being sent back to danger

01:46without any access to asylum process,

01:48not only to Haiti,

01:50but also to countries around the world.

01:59The United States is the only country in the world

02:01that has not yet declared a state of emergency.

02:04I have no food, no shelter, no shelter.

02:08I want to find a better life for my children,

02:12but now I have to sit down and think

02:14what opportunities my country will give me now.

02:17If my country gives me another opportunity,

02:19I will stay in my country.

02:21But if it doesn't give me any opportunity,

02:23I will always be walking

02:25in front of the door of another country.

02:29Haiti is our country,

02:31but there is a very big earthquake,

02:33then there is no work,

02:35everything is so expensive.

02:37When the president finishes his studies,

02:39there is no work,

02:41there is nothing,

02:43you can't sell anything.

02:45All the people are going out,

02:47but there is no work,

02:49there is no shelter,

02:51there is no food,

02:53there is no shelter,

02:55there is no shelter.

02:57All the people are going out

02:59looking for life.

03:13If you look at the images

03:15and you look at the conditions

03:17in which people are living,

03:19it's clear that people are desperate

03:21and that they are desperately

03:23seeking a better life for themselves.

03:25The conditions that they

03:27are seeking not to be returned to

03:29are like...

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