‘’Undesirables”: How the World Turned Its Back on Haitians
Since the early 2020s—and even more so since Donald Trump’s return to the White House—Haitians have faced near-universal rejection: suspended visas, accelerated deportations, closed borders, and regional agreements that explicitly exclude them. From the United States to the Caribbean and across Latin America, exile has become an obstacle course and asylum an empty promise. Racism plays a role, of course. But it does not explain everything. The rejection of Haitians is also the product of geopolitical calculations, security obsessions, restrictive […]
