Haiti’s government has collapsed three years after President Joe Biden’s pro-immigration lawmakers began facilitating the emigration of a key reserve of highly educated Haitians, including police officers and politicians.
For example, Haiti lost its 10,000-strong national police force. 1,600 police Many of them took advantage of Biden’s proposed 2023 “parole pathway” visa to join their relatives in the U.S. workforce.
“Many police officers left the Biden administration.” [visa] program,” Gary VictorHaitian writer Said of miami herald “Haiti is a country where no one rules.”
“This is the same brain drain problem.” [seen elsewhere] But I dialed 11,” said Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies. He continued:
This is the most extreme example of what US immigration policy does, where the top people in a country can leave if they want, so it’s not just the elite of the country, but the people below the elite who make things work. It’s separating everyone.
The poorest of the poor, whether in Haiti or anywhere else, are usually not the ones who leave the country. The people who can leave are the ones who have a little bit of resources, a little bit of social capital. And it leaves society deprived of the elements necessary for leadership.
brain drain
“In terms of skilled immigration, approximately 80 percent of Haiti’s skilled workforce resides in diaspora communities, primarily in the Dominican Republic, the United States, and Canada,” the paper said. estimate Posted by Catholic nonprofit organization Integral Human Development.
According to the article, the brain drain has been occurring for decades. Posted By American University in Cairo in 2013:
By some estimates, 70 percent of Haiti’s skilled workforce is in the diaspora. On the other hand, developing countries like Haiti will not progress beyond their current low socio-economic status unless they improve their technological and scientific infrastructure and develop the right brains for different aspects of the development process. There is increasing argument that it may never be possible.
As a result, there is a huge disparity between Haitians at home and abroad, says author Tatiana Waugh. Her great-uncle was forced to flee the island in 1957 by dictator Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier. “While nearly 32 percent of Haitians in the U.S. diaspora have attended at least college or an associate’s degree, and 18 percent have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher, only about 3.5 percent of Haitians have attended college. “Only about 1.4 percent go on to pursue higher education, and only about 1.4 percent earn a bachelor’s degree or higher,” she wrote. University degree. ”
But the brain drain has accelerated and been recognized since Biden signaled a welcoming stance for illegal immigrants in 2021 and created a parole pipeline in 2023.
About Haiti:
A few months ago, there was a discussion about brain drain. Many economists have loudly argued that brain drain has no net negative impact on destination countries.
I want to say that’s nonsense. Haiti is in eternal chaos because the left was best.
— Emil (@EmilSkandul) March 12, 2024
haiti immigration
Haiti is poor, corrupt, and poorly governed, and many ambitious people Transition to the United States or other countries.
Biden and his surrogates support immigration for business and moral reasons. It has allowed at least 7 million people to immigrate to the United States since 2021, drawing cheers from the prime minister. business ally They benefit from an influx of low-wage workers, consumers of government assistance, and apartment-sharing renters.
In 2021, Biden’s pro-immigration border secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, registered migrant arrivals. 46,000 illegal Haitian immigrants. The influx was so large that it set up encampments in Del Rio, Texas, hurting Biden’s poll numbers and sparking a harsh crackdown that led to the deportation of 20,000 Haitians to the island.
One of the arrivals was former police officer Jean Crisben Justin. He had immigrated to Brazil in 2020, but headed north in August 2021 after Biden was elected.
My son and I have traveled to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. From there we walked through the forest for 11 days until we arrived in Panama. It is a path that many people take. All along the way we met other immigrants.
During my days spent in the Panamanian rainforest, I lost weight. I don’t like thinking about those days because I’ve seen so many people die. There were dead people in the rainforests and bodies of water. There are also children and babies. Sometimes my son reminds me and says, “Dad, do you remember those people you saw in the forest?”
According to reports in June, he is currently living in Chicago. BorderLessMag.org.
In December 2022, President Mayorkas provided Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to an additional 110,000 Haitians who had been smuggled into the United States since June 2021. The December decision increased the number of illegal Haitians with TPS to 250,000, or 250,000. immigration.
In early 2023, Mayorkas business bagd “Parole Pipeline” visa Moved program Over 138,000 Haitians in American communities and workplaces. This legally contested program has been used by families, churches, and employers to “sponsor” immigrants to obtain visas to the United States.
The total confirmed influx is approximately 400,000, bringing the Haitian population in the United States to nearly 1 million, or 1 in 11 Haitians.this population is one of the poorest In the US.
“As of 2022, approximately 731,000 Haitian immigrants reside in the United States, making up the 15th largest foreign-born population in the United States,” the Migration Policy Institute said. There is. report In November 2023.
It’s not just police officers and civilians who run away. #Haiti Via Biden’s Humanitarian Program. According to this post and others, this is also a related party. In this case, Kays’ interim mayor, Jacmel, would also be required to leave Haiti under the parole program. https://t.co/ovQ4ze7498
— Jacqueline Charles (@Jacquiecharles) February 18, 2023
haititimes.com profiled Some parole beneficiaries:
Aspirea Levange was approved to enter the United States just two hours later. [US-based] Cousin applied for her on March 16, 2023. She arrived in Orlando two weeks later, on April 1st. [Her husband Frantz] Levangi, 39, a civil engineer now working in Orlando, said he was relieved to leave Haiti because of safety concerns.
The article states that their 9-year-old daughter remains in Haiti.
grow up Haitian population In the United States, it is helping to accelerate the exodus. In New York City, for example, Democratic Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to welcome more Haitian immigrants.
We call New York City the Port-au-Prince of America. As the situation becomes dire, we feel the pain that our Haitian neighbors are feeling.
To the people of Haiti and the Haitian community here in New York City, please know that we stand by you today and always.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) March 13, 2024
middle class immigrants
Mr. Biden’s line is not aimed at uprooting Haiti’s middle class. However, this route tends to exclude poor and unskilled migrants because it is expensive, either due to smuggling fees or administrative costs.
The media has reported many examples of chaos in Haiti; wealthy haitian Instead of staying to help our communities, we will take Biden’s exit option.
USNews.com report Regarding the retirement of Andre Samedi in June 2023:
Samedi was briefly detained at gunpoint last year after collecting his car from customs. The attackers stopped the 43-year-old man. canaan, I went to a small town on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, and drove away with him. Eventually they decided to let him go, but he got a 2003 Nissan Pathfinder and fled.
“Since then, I’ve been very scared,” said Samedi, who runs a transportation and electronics sales business. “I don’t go out often and only in case of emergency. When I go out, my heart races and it’s very stressful. The experience left me traumatized.”
Samedi obtained a visa and flew to Boston in March 2023. “He was welcomed by his brother, who sponsored his application, and was grateful for his newfound sense of security.” “Because there are a lot of families who couldn’t make it,” he said. To tell”
Haiti Times August 2023 report sponsored by the Ford Foundation profiled Group of 7 medical students:
INDIANAPOLIS — Many years ago, at Quisqueya University School of Medicine in Port-au-Prince, a group of seven students forged bonds of friendship and saw them through other milestones, including graduation, the start of their medical careers and immigrating to the United States. . Seven members currently live or originally lived in this Midwestern city with an estimated population of 880,621.
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“We want to feel free, we want to feel comfortable, [so we live] With friends,” said Joseph, who asked to use a fake name so as not to jeopardize his employment prospects. “My roommate and I met a lot of people.” [in Indianapolis] Some are from Haiti and some are from our hospital’s medical school. There are a lot of young people here. ”
Middle-class Haitians are also fleeing to countries such as Mexico, Brazil, and Chile.
Escalating transition
Amid Biden’s migration, Haiti’s leadership has collapsed, the island is in turmoil, and U.S. officials fear more waves of migrants will head to Florida. .
“There is a good chance that many more people will be squeezed due to driving conditions in Haiti.” [to migrate]” Rebecca Zimmerman, the senior Pentagon official responsible for homeland defense, recently told the House Armed Services Committee. “We recently approved some additional support that we can provide to the Coast Guard,” she told Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on March 12.
Krikorian said Biden’s immigration is a vicious cycle that will cause more immigration. “The only way to break the cycle is to stop people from coming here,” he said.
Democrats don’t want to acknowledge their role in the disaster, he says. They would rather blame other causes, he said, adding:
For Democrats, it’s all racism, racism, racism. That’s all they say to maintain cognitive balance, because racism explains everything.They feel noble in their hearts because [they beleieve] The reason this is happening is because of evil white racism… [Migrants] They have the right to escape if they wish, but we do not have the right to keep them out.
Mr. Mayorkas, who was born in Cuba, supports further immigration because of his immigrant parents, his sympathy for immigrants, his support for “equality” between Americans and foreigners, and his willingness to put his own priorities above the law. I have repeatedly explained that I am doing this.
In contrast, Krikorian said, “The Dominican Republic doesn’t want them to stay.” [so] They are just building a wall between themselves and Haiti. ”
The Dominican Republic is conducting a large-scale deportation operation in which Haitians living in the country illegally are loaded onto trucks and dropped off at the border. pic.twitter.com/SuuUBoXMVs
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) March 13, 2024
Extract migration
Since at least 1990, the federal government has relied on extractive immigration to grow the economy, allowing investors to move high-wage manufacturing to low-wage countries.
Immigration policies rob poor countries of vast human resources.Additional workers, consumers and renters boost stock prices By lowering American wages, subsidizing less productive businesses, raising rents, and inflating real estate prices.
Economic policies have forced many American-born people out of careers in various business fields, reduced the productivity and political influence of American-born people, reduced high-tech innovation, and crippled society. became. solidarity of citizensAnd they allowed government officials and progressives to ignore the policy. increased mortality rate of abandoned american.
The policy also siphons jobs and wealth from core states by subsidizing coastal investors and government agencies with large numbers of low-wage workers, high-occupancy renters, and government-supported consumers. ing.
Policies like colonialism have killed hundreds of Americans and thousands of immigrants, many of them immigrants. Taxpayer-funded jungle trail Passing through the Darién Canyon in Panama.
