US Special Envoy to Haiti Resigns in Protest Over Deportation of Haitians who Illegally Crossed into Del Rio, Texas
The US special envoy to Haiti resigned in protest over the deportation of Haitians who illegally crossed into Del Rio, Texas.
Ambassador Daniel Foote was named envoy to Haiti in July and resigned on Wednesday.
Foote said Haiti is a “collapsed state” and not able to handle the returning migrants, Reuters reported.
“I will not be associated with the United States’ inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands of Haitian refugees and illegal immigrants,” Foote said in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken that circulated on Thursday.
Nearly 15,000 Haitians illegally crossed the Rio Grande into Texas last week and created a makeshift migrant camp dubbed ‘Bidenville.’
The Biden Administration claimed it was deporting Haitians camped out at Del Rio and flying them back to their homeland.
