Tuesday, November 23rd, 7:00 PM ET

The Biden administration in collusion with states throughout Latin America and the Caribbean are repressing Haitian refugees, blocking their migration, denying them the right to asylum, and subjecting them to deportation to horrific conditions in Haiti. This webinar will explore how this so-called migrant crisis was caused by US imperialism and enforced by the expansion of its border regime throughout the region.

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Speakers:

Harsha Walia (TBC), author of Border and Rule (Haymarket Books 2021), community organizer, and campaigner in migrant justice, anti-capitalist, feminist, and anti-imperialist movements, including No One Is Illegal and Women's Memorial March Committee.

Daniel Tse, Asylum/Detention Task-Force Coordinator at the Haitian Bridge Alliance.

Taisha Saintil is the point of contact for all legislative and communications related work with Haitian Bridge Alliance. She heavily supports campaigns that affect hundreds of thousands of Black migrants, such as the redesignation of temporary protected status for Haiti and the ongoing campaign for designation of temporary protected status for Cameroon. Currently, in addition to helping the very few migrants that were released from Del Rio to get connected to community resources, Taisha is involved in the fight for legalization for millions of undocumented people through Congress’ reconciliation bill. Prior to joining Haitian Bridge Alliance, Taisha worked at the U,S. Senate. Born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Taisha graduated from the University of Florida where she triple majored in African-American Studies, Criminology, and Political Science.

Camilo Perez-Bustillo, member, leadership team Witness at the Border; co-founder of International Tribunal of Conscience of Peoples in Movement; co-author, Human Rights, Hegemony and Utopia in Latin America: Poverty and Forced Migration in Mexico and Colombia (Haymarket Books 2017).

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This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books, Spectre Journal, DSA Immigrant Rights Working Group, Witness at the Border, and the Tempest Collective. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of our important publishing and programming work.