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Resolve: That the Malden City Council call on the Federal Government to cease deportations to Haiti under Title 42.
WHEREAS Malden is home to thousands of Haitian immigrants who contribute to the workforce, economy, and cultural vibrancy of the city, many of whom maintain ties to family and community members still in Haiti; and is located within the Greater Boston Haitian diaspora which is the third largest in the United States; and
WHEREAS, On March 25, 2020, the Trump Administration initiated a deportation policy under a public health law that restricts immigration at the United States-Mexican border based on an invocation of the Public Health Act under Title 42 of the U.S Code ("Title 42") in conflict with U.S. constitutional law and international law; and
WHEREAS, The Biden Administration has continued the immigration policies of the Trump Administration, further ramping up deportations, leading to mass expulsions of Haitians under Title 42; and
WHEREAS Haitian migrants are unable to make claims for asylum as required under U.S. law and international law. Consequently, the actions of the Biden administration are contrary to U.S. and international laws against returning migrants to persecution and torture; and
WHEREAS, In early September 2021, images revealed the inhumane treatment of Haitian migrants at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents who, mounted on horseback, used the hides of their whips to violently chase Haitian migrants, a cruel reminder of slavery and the anti-Blackness embedded in this country's immigration policy; and
WHEREAS, On September 24, 2021, Haitian community leaders in Boston organized a protest in front of the John F. Kennedy federal building denouncing the deportations of Haitian migrants and the inhumane treatment by border officials. Many local and state officials joined in this protest; and
WHEREAS, The deportations u...
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