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With a possible surge of Haitian migrants ahead, the Biden admin is weighing holding them in a third country or Guantanamo
The Biden administration is weighing options to respond to what could soon be a mass exodus of migrants from Haiti, including temporarily holding migrants in a third country or expanding capacity at an existing facility at Guantanamo, according to two U.S. officials and an internal planning document reviewed by NBC News.
Currently the White House National Security Council is asking the Department of Homeland Security what number of Haitian migrants would require the U.S. to designate a third country, known as a “lily pad,” to hold and process Haitian migrants who are interdicted at sea, and what numbers would overwhelm a lily pad country and require Haitians to be taken to the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to the document.
The Biden administration received bipartisan criticism for its handling of a massive flood of Haitian migrants in September 2021, which led to more than 12,000 massing under an international bridge in Del Rio, Texas. Most of those migrants, however, had left Haiti many years prior to seek work in South and Central America and tried to cross the U.S.-Mexico land border as their economic opportunities began to dry up in countries like Brazil.
With a possible surge of Haitian migrants ahead, the Biden admin weighs holding them in a third country or Guantánamo
The U.S. has long had a temporary holding facility for migrants at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba separate from the prison for terrorist suspects.
www.nbcnews.com
Looks like Biden does not like Haitians and is trying to prevent some damaging news coverage.
How about shipping them home?
Pictures from the September 2021 Haitian surge...
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