Biden is repeating Bush and Obama's immigration mistake

President Biden.
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President Biden's decision to deport the Haitian migrants surging over America's southern border is needlessly cruel. It's also not what he promised to do.

Biden campaigned pledging to create a "fair and humane" immigration system that would "preserve the dignity of immigrant families, refugees, and asylum-seekers." Instead, he'll send desperate Haitians back to their home country, despite it being wracked by political violence and still reeling from a devastating earthquake.

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Joel Mathis, The Week US

Joel Mathis is a writer with 30 years of newspaper and online journalism experience. His work also regularly appears in National Geographic and The Kansas City Star. His awards include best online commentary at the Online News Association and (twice) at the City and Regional Magazine Association.