LIRS Condemns Treatment of Haitian Migrants and Continued Use of Title 42

Washington D.C. – Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) strongly opposes the Biden administration’s continued use of the general public well being order referred to as Title 42 to expel scores of Haitian and different migrants in search of secure harbor on the U.S. southern border, significantly in Del Rio, Texas.

The coverage has not too long ago been dominated probably illegal as utilized to migrant households with youngsters by a District Court docket decide, whose determination requires an injunction applied inside 14 days of its issuance. The coverage faces opposition from lawmakers on either side of the aisle, in addition to public well being specialists. The United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees has additionally condemned using Title 42 and has known as for its rescission.

The next is a press release by Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service:

“Many of those susceptible Haitian households have braved unforgiving terrain to succeed in our southern border and lawfully search asylum. The pictures circulating of mounted Border Patrol brokers underscore the deeply disturbing lack of humanity inside our nation’s over-militarized border coverage.

The broader subject, nonetheless, stays the continued use of an obscure public well being order that deprives migrants of their authorized proper to hunt asylum. Returning them house, or to 3rd international locations with no infrastructure to help them, is as harmful as it’s unconscionable. To take action with out a lot as an interview or courtroom listening to is downright un-American.

We urge President Biden to make good on his promise of being ‘a pal to the Haitian folks’ by means of significant coverage change. Notably, the administration ought to heed the decision of each Congressional leaders and immigration advocates to rescind the racist Title 42 order. We have now the capability and ethical fortitude to welcome these households with dignity, in accordance with our authorized obligations underneath U.S. and worldwide legislation.”
 

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About us:
Based in 1939, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) is the biggest faith-based nationwide nonprofit devoted completely to serving refugees, asylum seekers, and different susceptible immigrant communities in the USA. By practically 80 years of service and advocacy, LIRS has helped over 500,000 migrants and refugees rebuild their lives in America, together with 10,000 Afghan allies by means of the Particular Immigrant Visa (SIV) program.