President Biden is facing increased scrutiny from members of his own party over his administration’s treatment of Haitian migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border.
In letters to administration officials, meetings at the White House and a press conference outside the Capitol on Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers urged the administration to suspend deportation flights to Haiti, and demanded accountability for the alleged mistreatment of Haitian migrants by U.S. Border Patrol agents.
to the island nation which has been in crisis following the assassination of its president in July and a devastating earthquake weeks later that left thousands dead and many more homeless.reportedly planning to increase In a Wednesday meeting at the White House, members of the Congressional Black Caucus reiterated their concerns about the images as well as the general treatment of Haitian migrants, while Democrats on the House Oversight Committeeto Troy Miller, the acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, requesting a briefing about the Del Rio incident by the end of the week.
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