FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

September 10, 2024

MEDIA CONTACT: 

e: jessica.myers@mail.house.gov

c: 202.913.0126

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) issued the following statement regarding the anti-immigrant disinformation campaign surrounding the Haitian diaspora:

“It’s truly sickening to see America’s most powerful prey on its most vulnerable through xenophobic, despicable disinformation. Though even acknowledging these heinous, anti-immigrant rumors is beneath our common decency, unfortunately, billionaires and extreme conservatives, aided by their allies in far-right media spaces, continue to give life to these dangerous, disproven lies. Their anti-immigrant prevarications are not only dangerous and inflammatory, they play on bigoted stereotypes that seek to isolate migrant families and foster hatred towards their communities. Haitian migrants who escaped national repression do not deserve to be slandered by racist fearmongers while seeking safety in America. We each have a responsibility to reject those seeking to ignite tensions by sharing information they know to be false. And we each have a moral obligation to stand for the truth, and stand with our Haitian American neighbors.”

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