‘They Deserve To Be Heard': Community Leader Says Haitian Migrants Who Risked Their Lives To Reach US Should Be Given Chance To Stay

By Bobeth Yates, CBS Miami

March 16, 2022

The silhouettes of Haitian migrants could be seen through the windows as buses packed with a group that came ashore Monday made their way to into a Customs and Border Protection station.

“It is horrible, it’s a country at war,” said community leader Marleine Bastien, describing the horrific conditions in Haiti that she says prompted the migrants to attempt coming into the country.

“When we see our brothers and sister risking their lives on rickety boats to make it to the land of the free, we know that the situation is worsening in Haiti,” added Bastien.

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