US official calls Haitian treatment of migrants “injustice”

A US official apologized on Friday for the country’s treatment of Haitian migrants, calling it an “injustice”.

Juan Gonzalez, senior director for the Western Hemisphere of the United States National Security Council, made the comments during a visit to Haiti, according to the Associated Press.

According to the media outlet, Gonzalez said the Haitian people deserve to be treated with “dignity”.

“I mean it was an injustice, it was wrong,” Gonzalez said. “The proud people of Haiti and all migrants deserve to be treated with dignity.

Gonzalez is on a two-day official visit to Haiti with US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian Nichols, according to the AP.

Haiti has been devastated this year by the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July and a magnitude 7.2 earthquake just weeks apart.

The Biden administration suffered a backlash late last month after thousands of Haitian migrants gathered under a border bridge in Del Rio.

Democrats had pleaded with the Biden administration to end deportations under Title 42, a controversial policy allowing deportations without allowing asylum.

Images of border patrol officers on horseback preying on migrants only added to the outrage. Last week, President BidenJoe Biden France (and Britain) set to join four-time election denier overthrown by Idaho Secretary of State Under Biden, US could fall even further behind in the Arctic MORE admitted that the scenes at the US-Mexico border were “an embarrassment.”

“Seeing people being treated the way they did, the horses barely crushing them and the people tied up. It was scandalous. I promise these people will pay, ”Biden said.

Since last week, the Del Rio camp has been completely emptied.