US immigration policies toward Haitians have long been racist, advocates say
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The recent treatment of Haitian migrants only reinforces what some advocates say they have long known: Haitians fare differently under the US immigration system than migrants who aren't Black.
Images from the banks of the Rio Grande last week depicted US Border Patrol agents on horseback, swinging long reins, as they attempted to round up Haitian migrants who sought refuge at the border. One agent could be heard in a video yelling insults at the migrants.
The scenes evoked a darker era of the nation's history -- from the 1800s, when slave patrols were used to control the movements of Black people.
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