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Haiti’s Crisis Forces Deportation Pause | Seattle News
A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation, including Reps. Ami Bera and Brian Mast, returned from a harrowing trip to Haiti where they witnessed unimaginable suffering in Port-au-Prince — worse than anticipated — amid rampant gang violence that forced them to be escorted by armed embassy guards. The visit, the first by U.S. lawmakers in seven years, revealed a nation on the brink: hospitals overwhelmed, schools shuttered, and hunger widespread. High-ranking Haitian officials were kidnapped, and even a U.S. citizen child was held for ransom. Rep. Bera strongly opposes ending Temporary…
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