In Times of Famine, Sweet Potatoes Have No Skin: A Historical Overview and Discussion of Post-Earthquake U.S. Immigration Policy towards the Haitian People

Authors

Jordan E. Dollar, Dollar & Baboun
Allison D. Kent, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center

First Page

87

Abstract

This article is an examination of the U.S. immigration policy towards Haitians both before and after the January 12, 2010 earthquake. In order to understand the U.S. policy response and the Haitian community's reaction to said policy, it is imperative to first understand the historical framework of the U.S. immigration policy towards Haitians. Fundamentally, the U.S. immigration policy towards Haitians is based on two erroneous premises: (1) Haitians are only economic migrants; and (2) fair immigration treatment of Haitians will lead to a mass migration into the U.S.

Recommended Citation

Jordan E. Dollar & Allison D. Kent, In Times of Famine, Sweet Potatoes Have No Skin: A Historical Overview and Discussion of Post-Earthquake U.S. Immigration Policy towards the Haitian People, 6 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 87 (2011).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/ihrlr/vol6/iss1/6