Jean-Claude Duvalier

Reagan Orders Coast Guard Interdiction of Haitian Refugees, Establishing Maritime Asylum Denial

1981-09-29 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

President Ronald Reagan issues Executive Order 12324, authorizing the U.S. Coast Guard to interdict vessels carrying undocumented migrants in international waters and return passengers to their country of origin without asylum screening. Though framed neutrally, the order specifically targets …

Ronald Reagan U.S. Coast Guard Immigration and Naturalization Service Jean-Claude Duvalier Department of State immigration asylum racism interdiction detention +1 more

Mariel Boatlift Exposes Racist Double Standards as Cubans Welcomed While Haitians Detained

1980-04-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Between April and October 1980, approximately 125,000 Cubans flee to the United States in the Mariel Boatlift after Fidel Castro opens the port of Mariel to emigration. Simultaneously, thousands of Haitians fleeing the brutal Duvalier dictatorship arrive in Florida by boat, creating a natural …

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