[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 163 (Tuesday, September 21, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6558-S6559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 HAITI

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, and finally on Haiti, we have all seen 
these horrible images coming from our southern border as Haitian asylum 
seekers, simply looking to escape tyranny and the problems, that they 
have sought--have been met at our doorstep with unimaginable indignity.
  Images of Haitian migrants being hit with whips and other forms of 
physical violence is completely unacceptable. This behavior must be 
addressed, and we must provide accountability. The images turn your 
stomach. It must be stopped, this kind of violence.
  Right now, I am told there are four flights scheduled to deport these 
asylum seekers back to a country that cannot receive them. Such a 
decision defies common sense. It also defies common decency and what 
America is all about. Remember that lady in the harbor in the city in 
which I live.
  So I urge President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas to immediately put a 
stop to these expulsions and to end this

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title 42 policy at our southern border. We cannot continue these 
hateful and xenophobic Trump policies that disregard our refugee laws. 
We must allow asylum seekers to present their claims at our ports of 
entry and be afforded due process.
  I commit to work with this administration to provide resources so 
that we can establish safe, orderly, and humane processes for those 
seeking protections. Again, the policies that are being enacted now and 
the horrible treatment of these innocent people who have come to the 
border must stop immediately.

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