Are we showing Haitian refugees “who we are”?

As a feminist and LGBTQI+ lobbyist, when I’m writing to the Biden-Harris White House it’s usually on a positive note. We’ve accomplished a lot working with them in recent months, and set the stage for much more progress to come. Alas, not today:

President Biden has done much to save lives, prevent suffering, and work toward restoring and strengthening norms and values we can be proud of.

So I am shocked by the President’s “Title 42” policy, and by what now-former Amb. Daniel Foote aptly called the “inhumane, counterproductive decision" to deport thousands of Haitian refugees and other migrants to a “collapsed state.” The images of US officials charging Haitian refugees on horseback will and must be indelible additions to the sad picture book of our nation’s moral failings.

I take some solace in knowing President Biden is a man who has shown he knows how to admit when he is wrong. On this issue, I implore the President to remember all his words over the last two years about “who we are.”

Sincerely,