before haiti -- venezuela is a very frilly country to haiti, right?they were not allowing patients to css through. we have seen panama, thousands of haitians who have been stuck in panama and costa rica. then they ended up in mexico. so we are talking around 2015 when you ended up in mexico and at this point we did not have deportations to the u.s. when they got to mexico, ultimately ghetto place like tijuana that does not have blacks, have all these haitian migrants love the place. central americans are having a hard time trying to access. the obama administration shut down the border and the resume deportations in haiti after six years of having no deportations because of the 2010 deadly earth. people decide, should i risk it or stay? they basically decided -- developing community. the mexican government created some sort of residency program for haitians to allow them to remain in mexico legally. but over the years, that has been rolled back. what you have today is haitians in mexico either who have been here 2016 people newly arriving from south a

and to send them back, those that were sent back to haiti who were not from haiti, immediately from haiti, but had not been there for years. we have been told most have not been to haiti in over a decade, it's deplorable we send them back. we give them a cell phone, $100 and some food. in some instances they were given less than $100. i think we are a better country. we haven't always enjoyed the freedoms that we have. and i think we should appreciate how people will try to get themselves out of harm's way. at the turn of the century in the early 1900's, we had many persons that came to this country from europe, countries of europe, and they settled here and they're still here, their families are still here. there was a process. there's a process now. and that process doesn't allow for people to come to the border and seek asylum. host: question for you from ray in colorado. sent us this text. isn't the humane thing to do for people immigrating into our country is to have the u.s. stop intervening in the internal views of other countries? guest: well, in the main -- host: internal affairs

have catastrophe in haiti. it is nothing about self-determination. so it was an immensely downing letter on the haitian problem which the envoy said were lead to other refugees and catastrophe. lauren: many haitians have decided to abandon hopes of migrating in favor of staying in mexico. this report is from mexico city. reporter: waiting outside an immigration office in mexico city of these haitian migrants have decided it is safer to ask to stay here, rather than risk crossing the u.s. border. >> i'm hearing people are being deported to haiti, and right now haiti is bad. they don't have a president. i am afraid, and i want to live here in mexico. >> in recent days, the u.s. has been sending more migrants back home, following the arrival of thousands of haitians on the u.s.-mexico border. many who have crossed into the state of texas have been given paperwork and a date to appear in u.s. immigration court. though there is confusion about how authorities decide who goes and who stays. >> right now it is not cle

we will speak with covers member maxine waters, longtime advocate for the people of haiti. it is the delta variant continues to search across the united states, so, too, has a housing and eviction crisis with more than 11 million households now behind on rent, most of those evicted, black and latinx -- the majority, single women with children. >> i have been forced to choose between food, rent too many times. many of us have to make the choice of the choices between our health or our homes. amy: we will speak with a single mother and with a high school student who faced eviction and went to washington, d.c. come to help congressmember cori bush and senator elizabeth warren introduced the keeping renters safe act to reinstate the federal pandemic eviction moratorium. then the taliban are already restricting women's rights, just a month since they took over afghanistan. we will speak with v, founder of one billion rising, that has organized mass actions for saturday to roar and rage for the women in afghanistan. and we will get from a recent member of afghan parliament who is

we started seeing migrants moving to chile and then to haiti. 1% of haiti's population which is 11.5 million, 100,000 haitians migrated from haiti to chile. then we started to see this migration the 7,000-mile trek to the u.s. southern board we are mexico. i was there in tijuana, i talked to migrants. that's what you're seeing again with the surge. you know d.h.s. were saying that they were caught off guard. but earlier this year in february, i wrote about a surge of migrants on the border of tijuana. a month ago there were 3,000 migrants who were in a camp in two weeks that camp had about 3,000 people. but so the fact that they were caught off guard by nearly 15,000 migrants not all of whom were haitians but the majority were, is quite interesting. they tell you in terms of their desperation they did not want to go back to haiti. what does it say that this country was far worse than in 2010, in 2012, in 2014. meaning since that tragic earthquake, the country has not improved. and they do not see a life for them. so today as we've seen the u.s. continue to do these reparation -- thes

redesignate haiti.ing tps. that was francisco lucian. and you can get plenty more on this story on our website, including an article looking at how some of the shocking images on the us border are drawing dark comparisons to us slavery and the country's historical mistreatment of black people. just head to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. seven of the main candidates in germany's general election have held a final televised debate ahead of polling day on sunday. they included the three frontrunners to succeed angela merkel, who is standing down after 16 years in power as chancellor. 0ur correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness, watched the debate. with just three days to go before the election, this debate was a final chance for party leaders to win over voters. topics ranged from affordable housing and the national debt to climate change and how to deal with china. the current leader in the polls is 0laf scholz, the centreleft social democrat to replace angela merkel. when asked about the n

policy approach to haiti remains deeply flawed and his recommendations had been ignored and dismissed. foot said, surging migration to the u. s. borders would only grow as the u. s. ads to haiti's unacceptable. misery. responding to full resignation. whitehouse, as he never raised his confirms about migration policies. the press secretary jen sack, he added that president biden was taking the issue seriously. what he has asked all of us to convey clearly to people who are understandably, have questions, are passionate or concerned. as we are about the images that we have seen is one, we feel those images are horrible and horrific. there is an investigation. the president certainly supports overseen by this the department of homeland security, which he had conveyed what will happen quickly. i can also convey to you that the secretary also conveyed to civil rights leaders earlier this morning that we would no longer be using horses in del rio. so that is something a policy change that has been made in response. she returns he has more from washington d. c. what a letter is often that yo

s. haiti, and boy resigns, saying he would be associated with america's ins remained decision to deport thousands of haitian refugees. afghans living in desperate conditions encamped around campbell, a told they can go home, many have nothing to return tooth. and the problem was erupt in volcano continues to shoot red hot lava into the sky, sending a toxic gas cloud over the island. and i'm far as well with the sport. we got the latest on the ryder cup in wisconsin, plot tensions rise between formula one title rivals, the head of the russian grand prix. all the detail later in the, our ah, the white house says horses will no longer be used by us border patrol in del rio, texas. after offices they used the horses rains against haitian migrants images captured by all to 0 and roaches. earlier this week showed us border agents on horseback trying to force people by as they attempted to enter the country from mexico. the us border control chief described their actions as unacceptable thousands of haitian migrants remain in the rear. where the biden administration is using a trumpet policy t

policies in haiti.remember, the two past administrations were supported by the u.s., and this is under this administration that the situation in the country worsened. and i talked to experts who told me there is a gun trafficking problem in the u.s. that is causing chaos in haiti. and this, because of these traffic, that, you know, lots of people lose their jobs and they can't,ou know, stay in the country. so it's a never-ending cycle. >> sreenivasan: widlore merancourt, joining us from port-au-prince tonight. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> sreenivasan: a federal appeals court judge has blocked a vaccine mandate r new york city public school employees, just days before it was set to go into effect. a group of teachers is challenging the rule that would require nearly 150,000 employees of the largest school system in e u.s., including all educators and staff,o be vaccinated, starting monday. the case was referred to a three-judge panel, and a spokesperson with the new york ci department of education sa

working with the departments of state in haiti, dhs increased the number of removal flights to haiti's capacity to receive. importantly, u.s. aid has established a $5.5 million program to provide on the ground assistance to repatriated haitian migrants. nearly 30,000 migrants have been encountered at del rio since september 9 with the highest number at one time reaching approximately 15,000. today, we have no migrants remaining in the camp under the international bridge. migrants continue to be expelled under the cdc's title 42 authority. title 42 is a public health authority and not an immigration policy. it is important to note that title 42 is applicable and has been applicable to all irregular migration during this pandemic. it is not specific to haitian nationals or the current situation. some more data. to date, dhs has conducted 17 expulsion flights to haiti with approximately 2,000 individuals. those who are not expelled under title 42 are placed in immigration removal proceedings. let me take a step back and explain the process. there are two exceptions to the applicability

they are not going to send the marine corps to haiti again.i left in 2015, the haitian police were professional, they were working, they were rating people on drugs, etc. we have to get back to a place where there is some modicum of security in haiti. and this is going to cost some money. laura: why do the think the u.s. backing as the interim leader of haiti -- just a week ago the prosecutor was fired who was investigating the assassination of the president. >> unfortunately, i don't know. think it is unfortunate that he was given as a candidate for prime minister from a president who had all kinds of questionable relationships. certainly this cannot be viewed in my opinion as a credible government at this point. in my opinion, and i have tons of haitian friends who believe that this commission that is run by the civil society that they are trying to come up with solutions on how we move forward. as far as i know, daniel foote try to deal with that route. he came back and gave recommendations, some of which i've door send son i don't -- some

, and haiti is very much a part of— states, and haiti is very much a part of it. — states, and haitind the dominican _ part of it, as is cuba and the dominican republic. this is our back and we _ dominican republic. this is our back and we need — dominican republic. this is our back and we need a marshall plan, or some kind of— and we need a marshall plan, or some kind of very— and we need a marshall plan, or some kind of very high level presidential interest that will help these countries have better government. this is— countries have better government. this is first — countries have better government. this is first and foremost. stop the corruption — this is first and foremost. stop the corruption and have investment so that people have lives and jobs and won't _ that people have lives and jobs and won't come to the united states. because — won't come to the united states. because this could happen from cuba as well _ because this could happen from cuba as well we _ because this could happen from cuba as well. we need to take a serious look at _ as well. we need to take a serious

there's absolutely no safety in haiti. in haiti, they even killed our president.re's no work and a lot of criminals. we have so many problems. i'm here to look for work, to help my family. my brothers and my sisters, i want to help them. >> i have a two-year-old girl. i have a wife. we have to eat because we are human. nobody wants to leave their country to go live in another country. no one wants to d it. we got here because we want a better life reporter:. the american president joe biden has set a limit to cap the number of refugs allowed into the country this year, just over 62,000. it means many migrants are being put on planes and sent back to haiti. at the airport back in haiti, many of the deported migrants say there's thing for them here, and they plan to make the journey to america again as soon they can. as the sun sets on t rio grande, people continue to cross from mexico into texas, wading through the water, carrying belongings and small children, desperate for a better life. graham satchell, b news. laura: before we leave you tonight, few avid garden

will grant reports from haiti. —— from mexico.dead of night, immigration agents in northern mexico drag haitian families from their hotels as they sleep. just miles from their destination, they can go no further, no matter how desperate they are. even if they made it, they would have been greeted by scenes like this. as migrants attempted to cross from mexico to a makeshift camp in texas this week, they were pushed back by mounted border patrol officers using whips. the biden administration has already deported thousands back to haiti, prompting the us special envoy to resign in protest. deportation is these people's worst nightmare. having travelled from south america to the border town of mexicali, they gather in a haitian restaurant for the only meal a day they can afford. this man has lost more than most. his mother died and his father was left badly injured as the family home collapsed in the recent earthquake. having traversed 11 countries and the dense jungle of the darien gap to get here, he says he can't be sent back now.

i know there has been things that have happened to haiti in the past years. >> haiti has had the distinct disadvantage of having one of the worst possible look in the past 10 years. had two major earthquakes, over 220% of our gdp destroyed. we have 250,000 people dying. the last one destroyed 80,000 homes. our president was assassinated which created a complete chaotic situation. the people are either very difficult -- are in a difficult stage right now. it is not clear when elections are going to be held to have a new democraticly elected government and have a partner. this tuition is dire. -- the situation is dire. kristen: the elections have been pushed to next year? still unclear? >> yes. kristen: that is partially driving the panic and need to leave. many are coming from central america where they have been for a few years. what is happening there that they feel the need to pick up and try to come to the u.s. now? has there been policy change their? -- there? >> there was a rush in chile an brazil. there was a change of government in july -- chile. the president actually made changes

to not leave haiti.ut the most important thing is those people, they are seeking a better life s. opportunities, but this could probably be the moment for the united states to rye 'says or conditions, how we create more jobs and more wealth. those people will have jobs and probably less interested to risk their lives through that perilous trip, but we do hopes that this situation, everybody, haiti and the united states, will get a lesson from that. >> so, bottom line, mr. ambassador, what is your message to president biden right now, amid this cried? crisis? >> stop looking at heighti on a humanitarian advance, i believe there's no initiative -- let us make it something dynamic, but helping us resolve the security situation, by strengthening our national police, and make sure that we have a stable condition, where we have can have an investment to create more jobs, and people will get jobs and stay in their own country, but as long as there isn't any opportunity, people will want to leave their own count

back to haiti, of us special envoy, haiti has quit over the treatment of haitian migrants and bluntly worded resignation letter to sexual state. anthony blink and daniel foot wrote that he will quote, not to be associated with the united states in humane counterproductive decision to deport thousands of haitian refugees and illegal immigrants to haiti. he wrote the u. s. policy approach to haiti remains deeply flawed, and his recommendations had been ignored and dismissed. foot said, surging migration to the u. s. borders would only grow as the u. s. ads to haiti's unacceptable misery. or responding to foot resignation whiter, says he never raised his concerns about migration policies. but question to june. saki i did that president biden was taking the issue seriously. what he has asked all of us to convey clearly to people who are understandably, have questions are passionate, are concerned, as we are about the images that we have seen is one, we feel those images are horrible and heretic. there is an investigation. the president certainly supports overseen by this the department of

some have been returned to haiti, indeed. others have been moved to different processing facilities along the border in light of operational capacity. and then many of them will be returned to haiti from there. if any of the exceptions apply, they will not be returned to haiti but placed in immigration enforcement proceedings. i should say release is a very general term and i may need to drill down on that if i may. individuals, some of them are detained, some of them are placed on alternatives to detention. we remain in touch with them. we monster -- monitor them to assure their appearance in court at the designated time of appearance. does that answer your question? reporter: it does. secretary mayorkas: i can provide the data if i need to. reporter: i got that. the broader question is it seems like there are border crises that keep popping up like whack-a-mole every month or so. there is another clump of people or major issue or unaccompanied minors. is there a plan to maybe have fema-type teams that go to these places? is

we'll start with probably i would i want to start with a question on haiti, special on boy for haiti, daniel foot resign this morning or this week, and he called the by the administrations in humane decision to deport haitian refugees and deeply flawed us haiti policies. i'm wondering if you had a discussion with him before accepting his resignation. and if you view it as humane to deportation, migrants considering that families coming to the u. s. seeking asylum should have a legal basis to say here in the united states. and then i have a 2nd question widening the aperture there, there's been a tremendous amount of criticism of the by to ministrations handling of multiple foreign policy issues. recently, the chaotic withdraw from afghan stan, this new security agreement between australia, the u. s. me, u k. that rage, the french, the border crisis, the refugees from haiti, stunted iran deal talks, it appears the administration has miss, managed a lot of these issues and what's your response to that? so starting with haiti. first, let me say this. i want to thank dan foot for his serv

devastating earthquake haiti is in fact capable of receiving individuals and we're working with haitisure that their return is as safe and humanely accomplished as possible. >> based on what you know about what is going on in haiti right now, do you agree with that? >> absolutely not. i respectfully disagree with my friend secretary mayorkas. first, joy, let me acknowledge the progress we did make today. it's terribly important in two separate appearances, the president and vice president acknowledged what occurred was inhumane, the president said there would be consequences and we're seeing that. i acknowledge secretary mayorkas is allowing migrants, asylum seekers to come into the u.s. there are human rights attorneys that need to provide counsel to the asylum seekers. even before, folks were still reeling from the earthquake. they were reeling from tropical storms. that was profound political vie -- violence in the country as a consequence of the unconstitutional extension of the haiti president. he tragically was assassinated in july. woe need to appreciate there is a connection b

special envoy for haiti quits. he calls the biden administration's decision to deport thousands of haitian migrants from a texas border town inhumane. coming up we'll talk to the lawmaker who represents the largest haitian american population in the u.s. plus the urgent search for gabby petito's missing fiance and now a new investigation into how utah police officers handled their encounter with the couple back when gabby was still alive. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. a desperate situation at the southern border growing even more dire today. right now thousands of haitian migrants are left in limbo both in texas and in mexico. as the biden administration struggles to get a hand on the crisis, migrants weighed across the rio grande with minimal belongings piled on their heads hoping for a better life in the united states. at one point today law enforcement in mexico forming a human chain of sorts trying to stop migrants from making the trip across the river. not all the migrants who make the trek will

dhs is conducting regular flights to haiti, mexico, ecuador, and northern triangle countries. we are very concerned. the haitians taking this irregular path are receiving false information that the border is open or that temporary status is available and i want to make sure that it is known that this is not the way to come to the united states. that is false information. irregular migration poses a serious early risk to the migrants themselves. trying to enter the united states illegally is not worth tragedy, money, or effort. host: the homeland security secretary yesterday at the border. "the new york times close vote reporting this morning, wire haitians coming in the numbers we are seeing? -- times" reporting this morning, "why are haitians coming in the numbers we are seeing"? host: that is "the new york times" wording. haitians on the border, this also open the new york times" this morning -- host: this morning, do you support or oppose the biden administration immigration and order policy? barry, you oppose. welcome to the conversation. go ahead. caller: i'm an independe

it's the first black republic, haiti.here has been a lot of turmoil, and there was a lot of problems in the country in the 2010 earthquake was absolutely devastating. the homeland security secretary knows it very well. he was the homeland security -- he was in the government when it happened. he is someone who has worked with this committee do for a long time and he is really aware of the challenges. i think there is a lot of hard conversation going on. host: nelson in florida, republican. caller: i think the united states made a big mistake when it included asylum applications legal for problems of crime in the country of origin. it used to be that it dealt only with the kind of government they had such as, i'm 72 so such as communism when i was growing up or radical islamic scenarios, this has created a big mess where a lot of people can claim asylum quite often for reasons that have already been stipulated which did not use be included. the united states also has a lot of crime. what if half the population of chicago p

working with departments of state in haiti, dhs increased the number of removal flights to haiti commensurateh the country's capacity to receive. importantly, u.s. aid has established a $5.5 million program to provide on the ground assistance to repatriated haitian migrants. nearly 30,000 migrants have been encountered at del rio since september 9, with the highest number at one time reaching approximately 15,000. today, we have no migrants remaining in the camp under the international bridge. migrants continue to be expelled under the cdc's title 42 authority. title 42 is a public health authority and not an immigration policy. it is important to note that title 42 is applicable and is applicable to all irregular migration during the pandemic. it is not specific to haitian nationals or the current situation. some more data. to date, dhs has conducted 17 expulsion flights to haiti with approximately 2,000 individuals. those who were not expelled under title 42 are placed in immigration removal proceedings. let me take a step back and explain the process. there are two exceptions to the applic

most of those children that we talked to yesterday when not born in haiti but were born outside haitien speak the language. a mother told us that she walked for up to a0 days from chile going up north, crossing mountains and jungle with her four—year—old boy. that is the situation we are going here. what is unicef doing on the ground? what is unicef doing on the round? ., ., ., ground? together with haitian authorities _ ground? together with haitian authorities and _ ground? together with haitian authorities and other - ground? together with haitian authorities and other un - authorities and other un agencies unicef is providing on the ground at the airport every day humanitarian assistance, we are distributing backpacks for children. but importantly we are also registering the children upon their arrival so we can keep track of their needs over time when they leave the airport and one other thing we do is to create a safe space where they can play, make drawings with the other children. to see in the eyes of a two—year—old girl, fear, anxiety. uncertainty of what brings the future.

they want to live in haiti. but in that situation in unbearable, they're not going to, danny didn't want to try to go by any gun not working. when you asked people that are not working, and they don't have any choice going on for any thing to go back to the what, what you don't like us. so this policy, we're turning by cation sensor and the 1980. why that might be some nation because their thinking is humans offering for oppression was the ation of things over the. but if the oppression and have been helping the ability that is creating that forwarding, so it's inflate. the forwarding is not like coming from, nor is coming from, you know, the way the content conversion. and the way the content provides. most of the time . it's my people to be backed. so yeah, so it's, it's kind of the institution going to just say, i'm going to keep some people that come to our borders and i'm going to send the other ones back to the country to get them back in the poverty and misery because it's just one for thank you, even ram

most of those children we talked to yesterday were not born in haiti but were born outside of haiti but walked for 30, up told us she walked for 30, up to 40 told us she walked for 30, up to a0 days from chile, crossing mountains and jungle, with her four—year—old boy. that is as situation we are going through here. ~ . , situation we are going through here. ~ ., , ., ., here. what is unicef doing on the ground _ here. what is unicef doing on the ground in _ here. what is unicef doing onj the ground in port-au-prince? the ground in port—au—prince? together with haitian authorities and other un agencies, unicef is providing underground on the airport humanitarian assistance. we are distributing schoolkids, a backpack for children but, importantly, we are also registering the children upon arrival so we can keep track of their needs over time once they leave the airport. one other important thing we do is create a safe space where they can play, make drawings with other children. i was struck to see in the eyes of a two—year—old girl, fear, anxiety about the future. they are extremely vul

ah, the us special envoy to haiti resign saying has government treatment and deportation of migrants is inhumane. and the us will hold the use of horses in shows me with texas border town opt out was here and images of aggressive ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera life is also coming up more jets of lava shoot into the sky. no volcano, when the canary items incinerating houses, schools and crops, and one to charge them all the moves towards requiring smartphone makers to adopt a single charger. ah, the us special envoy, the haiti has resigned what he calls the inhumane treatment of haitian migrants by the us government in a statement. daniel foot said the policy of deporting thousands of migrants and refugees is counter productive and deeply flawed chaper time. so you have more now from washington d. c. what a letter is often that you read a letter that so dominant it wasn't just about what, what the old way cool the are the inhumane expulsion of patients. many of you have never lived in a she hated potentially dr. haiti, but it was about decades of us policy. and the imp

started supporting t haitians back to haiti.d to chaotic scenes at the airport at haiti's capital. over 1400 htians have been returned in total. the white house has responded to the resignation. this was the white house press secretary. >>here have been multiple senior level policy discussions on haiti, all proposals, including those led by the special envoy, were considered in a rigorous process. there are disagreements third the president welcomes that. the secretary of state welcomes that. that is pt of having robust discussions about the bestath forward for difficult circumstances. he had ample opportunities to raise concerns about migration, he never did so. that was not his purview. his purview was being the special envoy on the ground. his views were put forward, they were valued, they were hurt, different cisions were made in some circumstance -- they were heard. >> with more on this,. >> a lot of the migrants are on the border, many of the people have been on the move for a long time. this goes back to 2010, the devasta

some have been returned to haiti, indeed. others have been moved to different processing facilities along the border in light of operational capacity. and then many of them will be returned to haiti from there. if any of the exceptions apply, they will not be returned to haiti, but placed in immigration enforcement proceedings. i should say, release is a very general term, and i may need to drill down on that if i may. individuals, some of them are detained, some of them are placed on alternatives to detention. we remain in touch with them. we monitor them to assure their appearance in court at the designated time of appearance. does that answer your question? >> it does. >> i can provide the data if i need to. >> i got that. the broader question is, it seems like there are border crises that keep popping up like whack-a-mole every month or so. there is another clump of people or major issue or unaccompanied minors. is there a plan to maybe have fema-type teams that go to these places? is the goal to somehow stop having these

why did you leave haiti? he says he left haiti because it is very tough there. and he says imagine they assassinated our president. what safety could he have. >> reporter: vice president harris tasked with examining the root causes of migration at the border was asked if all deportations of haitians should be halted. >> i feel strongly, the president feels strongly, we have to do more. >> reporter: now a new problem. immigration processing facilities are overcapacity. >> just over 5,000 are being processed by dhs to determine whether they will be expelled or placed in immigration removal proceedings. >> our camera is capturing in the past week free flow of migrants from mexico into the u.s. and swelling of a migrant camp in texas that resembled the third world. >> do you take responsibility for chaos unfolding? >> of course i take responsibility. i am president. >> reporter: the del rio international bridge is still closed. the del rio mayor saying what's going on is an intelligence assessment is being made to determine when the bridge can reopen. according to t

and why, if these people from haiti are fleeing poverty, corruption, failed state status. how that's any different and why they're being deported when the united states is just brought in thousands of african refugees and continues to make the case that both from central america plea and violence in similar circumstances should be allowed to stay in the united states. so this is the problem for many around the u. s. and the world. and now with the breaking news is that the un special ed boy to haiti working in the, by the ministration has said he has a problem with it too. so much so he's leaving his job and had submitted his resignation. very interesting. thank you for that kennedy hall. could that 1st live in washington dc? well that resignation, as kimberly mentioned, is after al jazeera and footage, showing border officials whipping migrants. crossing from mexico money or upon or has that story waiting outside in immigration office in mexico city. these haitian migrants have decided it safer to asked to stay here rather than risk crossing the us border. i'm hearing peo

now, i want to turn to haiti.july. this is the former president. he was shot at his private residence in a suburb of the capital port—au—prince. his death plunged haiti into a deep political crisis, and this latest news may do the same. this is extraordinary. it truly is. this is extraordinary. it truly is. this was already _ this is extraordinary. it truly is. this was already an _ this is extraordinary. it truly is. this was already an incredibly l this is extraordinary. it truly is. - this was already an incredibly murky and confusing and tangled tale involving former military personnel from colombia, who believed they were working as security officials in haiti, who were being accused of being mercenaries, 44 people arrested so far, and now the finger of suspicion being pointed at the new prime minister himself. the suggestion being that the judge new prime minister himself. the suggestion being that thejudge had investigated —— should investigate further his role, because there's been some kind of phone call

officials are in haiti today. what are they trying to achieve?ou get the undersecretary visiting haiti that is about as high-level a figure the biden administration would send, which underlines how seriously they think the crisis is in this country. basically the electoral body has wound up with only weeks to go before the election was scheduled to happen, just showing how bad the political situation is. they will be talking about the stability in haiti, trying to underpin theountry with some kind of political stability so that the migrated crisis does not get worse. that is difficult to do. the fact that the highest level diplomat although the secretary of state himself has come here shows that they went to find some common ground, some kind of way of shoring up haiti. anchor: thank you. it is only months to go before world leaders gather in scotland for key negotiations on climate change. to try and influence those talks young campaigners met in milan and presented their plan to officials. the u.k. prime minister, who will chair those talks in

reporter: follow-up question on haiti. there are photographs and reports of border agents on horseback using what appear to be whips on haitian migrants. does the administration use that as an appropriate tactic? can you speak to that. jen: understandably so. i have seen some of the footage. i don't have the full context. i can't imagine what context would make that appropriate. i don't have additional details. certainly i don't have additional context. i don't think anyone seeing that footage would think that's acceptable or appropriate. reporter: the d.h.s. said saturday that federal agencies will be partners er inning with the haitian government to provide assistance to the returnees. can you elaborate on what assistance will entail? jen: for the people returning to haiti? yes. we have been in close contact with the government about when people return. what that looks like. let me get you more additional details about what that looks like when they get on the ground. reporter: i want to follow up on the question about h

first i would note there have been multiple seen on —- conversations on haiti including those led bycial envoys fully considered with a rigorous policy process. there are disagreements that the president welcomes that the secretary of state welcomes that. it is certainly a part of having discussions and robust discussions about the best path forward for difficult circumstances some of those proposals are harmful to the commitment to the promotion of democracy in haiti. i will not detail that further all at the state department do that should they choose to. but the special envoy had ample opportunity to raise concerns about migration during his tenure and never once did so. that was not his purview it was to be the special envoy on the ground. his position and views were put forward and valued and heard but different policy decisions were made in some circumstances. >> we heard from democrats on capitol hill who say they are against them mass deportations do you view that as humane quick. >> people are not coming into the country through legal methods and again our policy process has

whether it is from haiti, colombia, central america or mexico.hey should also have the legal ability to file for asylum and safety and freedom and our nation. amna: whether it is in del rio or another part of the border, it feels like we are seeing and talking about another crisis every few months. this goes back years. whichever group is arriving and overwhelming the system. there has not been meaningful reform in over 30 years and now we are all looking at this news today with senate democrats trying to advance regression reform and were blocked. so what now when it comes to reform? marielena: one is what we're witnessing the border as well as afghanistan is a global prices being fueled by foreign policy, by failed domestic policies, by climate crisis, and of course by the recent earthquake and political assassination of the haitian president. so we need to take a step back. when president biden was elected by a historic number of multigenerational, multiracial coalition of voters who outright rejected the divisive and anti-emigrant agenda of t

jen: for the people returning to haiti? yes. we have been in close contact with the government about when people return. what that looks like. let me get you more additional details about what that looks like when they get on the ground. reporter: i want to follow up on the question about haitians. specifically these photos that are surfacing onboarder patrol agents continually using whips. i know you said there is no context that this would be appropriate. the question is why would this be happening? is the biden administration -- wonder sort of what are going to be the consequences if what we are seeing is what we are seeing? jen: all good questions. we just saw this footage. it's horrible to watch. i just have to get more information on it. april, i don't have more information on it. i have also seen the video. i can't imagine what the scenario is where that would be appropriate. i'm certainly not suggesting that. we have just seen the footage earlier this morning. reporter: i was talking to asian americans this week end. the

likely most will be sent back to haiti.ack in their home country sunday and more deportation flights are planned this wek. as the u.s. government will try to process the 12,000 immigrants camped out del rio texas. one migrant said he was in detention for four days. four days without brushing his teeth. four days without a shower. with this section of the u.s. mexico border closed, many of the migrants tried to cross the rio confronted by agents on horse back. 36-year-old haitian migrant said if he is deported he will die in haiti because there's no security in the country. the county sheriff joe frank martinez wants the federal government to do more. >> it takes too along to process an asylum claim. the system has been broke for 40-50 years. it's been a political football from one administration to the next. >>> they say they are working to move thousands of the migrants every day to processing centers. >> we have sent a clear message early on in light of the fact that we are in the midst of a pandemic. that theder is not o

about both the migrant crisis and the ongoing political instability within haiti.entral america correspondent will grant, who is in haiti. their intentions were to make it to the us. indeed, they did that. they were under that bridge at the makeshift camp in texas. they thought and very much hoped that they would now be processing their asylum applications in the united states, living with families in the united states and taking steps to normalise their asylum positions and their migration papers in the us. of course, these were the ones who didn't get that result, who have been brought back to haiti and are essentially notjust back where they started but worse off. all of their savings have been spent on that trip. many of them were living in south america and have endured an extremely gruelling trip to make it to the us, so to find themselves back with their children, many of whom were born in south america, now back in haiti, as you say, a very, very difficult time in this country's history. economically, environmentally, politically, this is an extremely diffi

about both the migrant crisis and the ongoing political instability within haiti.�*s will grant, who is in port—au—prince for us. great to have you from there. it's rare that we get to speak to people on the ground in this way. just start by asking you what sort of country are haitians returning to given the political instability, the natural disasters that we have seen there just in the last few weeks? this is really the very worst result that those deportees could have possibly expected or wished for. their intentions were to make it to the us and indeed they did that. they were under that bridge at the makeshift camp in texas. they thought and very much hoped that they would now be processing their asylum applications in the us, living with families in the us and taking steps to normalise their asylum positions and their migration papers in the us. of course these were the ones who did not get that result, who have been brought back to haiti and are essentially not just back when they started but worse off. all of their savings have been spent on that trip was t

most of those children that we talked to yesterday when not born in haiti but were born outside haiti speak the language. a mother told us that she walked for up to a0 days from chile going up north, crossing mountains and jungle with her four—year—old crossing mountains and jungle with herfour—year—old boy. that is the situation we are going through here. what is unicef doing on the ground? well, together with haitian authorities and other un agencies, unicef is providing on the ground, at the airport, everyday, humanitarian assistance. your distributing school kits, backpacks for children, but importantly, we are also registering the children upon their arrival so we can keep track of their needs over time once they leave the airports. and one other important thing we do is to create a safe space where they can play, they can make drawings with other children. i was struck to see in the eyes of a two—year—old girl fear. anxiety. uncertainty of what brings the future and those children are extremely vulnerable because they don't know the country, they don't know the country, they don

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