ICE is preparing a large-scale operation to detain and deport Haitians this week. More than 300,000 people are at risk. And the Supreme Court already cleared the way.
Trump canceled Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, a designation that allowed people fleeing Haiti's ongoing crisis of gang violence, political instability, and natural disaster to remain safely in the United States. The Supreme Court's conservative majority let it stand.
In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan did not mince words. Trump's statements about Haitians, she wrote, "fairly shout, in their racial undertones and overtones alike, that race entered into the president's resolve to remove Haitians from this country."
DHS responded to the reports with this: "It's closing time which means you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."
Legal challenges are still pending. But with operations reportedly beginning this week, courts may not act in time.
Haiti is one of the most vulnerable nations in the Western...
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