TAKE ACTION: DEMAND BIDEN END THE WAR ON BLACK IMMIGRANTS

President of the United States, Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy

We firmly believe Immigration is and has always been a Black issue, and the recent, horrific photos of the torture endured by Haitian and other Black immigrants at the border are clear evidence. Thousands of migrants from various countries grappling with dangerous conditions routinely seek protection and asylum at the U.S. border. However, Black immigrants (from Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America) worldwide are subjected to disproportionate mistreatment, discrimination, and violence: Black immigrants are overwhemingly unwelcome.

The U.S. has a sordid history of specifically targeting Haitians for anti-Black discrimination, violence, expulsion, and mass detention. Right now, thousands of Black migrants, many of whom are Haitian, are stranded in treacherous conditions in Mexican border towns. Haitian migrants are facing open violence from CBP that is reminiscent of the horrific practices endured by their enslaved ancestors centuries ago--photos of officers using reins for horses on migrants simply trying to purchase water and food as they wait for the chance to seek protection. Under international law and U.S. law, Haitians have the right to seek asylum in the U.S.; instead, they have faced insurmountable barriers to entry due to Title 42. More than two thousand Haitians already in the country have been deported under the Biden Administration, including pregnant women and toddlers. Haitians are being deported back to the same dire conditions that have been internationally categorized as a humanitarian crisis - a crisis that has spurred a new designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by the Biden Administration just a few months ago.

In response to the escalating crisis and anti-Black cruelty we have seen at the border, we urge the Biden Administration to pursue a coherent and just foreign policy agenda with Haiti and Black immigrants.

We issue four urgent demands from the Biden Administration:

  • Halt Deportations and End the Use of Title 42 at the Border and at All Ports of Entry.
  • Enact Wide-Scale Humanitarian Parole for Haitians.
  • Defund and Divest from DHS, ICE, and CBP.
  • Invest in Humane, Holistic Immigration.


SIGN THIS PETITION to demand the Biden Administration Stop its war on Black Immigrants.


Read Our Organizational Letter To The Biden Administration


To: President of the United States, Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy
From: [Your Name]

To President Biden, Vice President Harris, Majority Leader Schumer, and Speaker Pelosi:

In response to the escalating crisis and anti-Black cruelty we have seen at the border, we urge the Biden Administration to pursue a coherent and just foreign policy agenda with Haiti and Black immigrants.

We issue four urgent demands from the Biden Administration:

Halt Deportations and End the Use of Title 42 at the Border and at All Ports of Entry
Enact Wide-Scale Humanitarian Parole for Haitians
Defund and Divest from DHS, ICE, and CBP
Invest in Humane, Holistic Immigration