• robocall@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    If the US would stop intervening in Haiti and let them run their own country, maybe so many of them wouldn’t have to apply for asylum in the US.

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      1 month ago

      The question of why specific immigrants are here isn’t relevant to the topic of how they should be treated once they’re legally here. Some are here bc of bad US foreign policy, others aren’t, but all should be treated with respect.

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      1 month ago

      Best to look at history. The US hasn’t really intervened in Haiti that often and when we did it was a failure. Many different groups have tried. Currently, it’s Kenyans

      • Match!!@pawb.social
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        1 month ago

        based off what i can see on Wikipedia, the US did a coup detat in haiti in 2004 and is sorta suspected to be involved in the president’s assassination in 2021