Haiti condemns Trump’s “racist” comments about immigrants

Heidi on Saturday condemned former US President Donald Trump’s “racist” comments, promising that the entry of immigrants from the country into the United States would put Americans at risk in the face of the AIDS epidemic.

“Haiti has a big problem with AIDS. A lot of these people may have AIDS, they’re coming to our country, we’re doing nothing,” he told Fox News. “It’s like a deadly desire for our country. “

According to World Bank data, the incidence of HIV in the Caribbean has been steadily declining over the past 15 years, now estimated at 1.9% of the population between the ages of 15 and 49.

The Haitian embassy in Washington has condemned “racist and unsubstantiated statements about Mr. Donald J. Trump, especially Haitian immigrants, and the Haitian people in general.”

“These bad comments are aimed only at sowing hatred and contradictions against immigrants,” the embassy said in a statement.

The arrival of more than 30,000 immigrants in mid-September, most of them Haitians, Republicans criticized the Biden administration under the bridge between Mexico and Texas, accusing him of causing the president. Breath of fresh air ”by easing the piracy policies of his predecessor Donald Trump.

Within three weeks, more than 7,500 Haitians, 20% of them children, had been evacuated by US migration services, chartering 70 flights to the capital, Port-au-Prince and Cape-Haitin. Country.

In response to comments made by a former White House tenant on Thursday, the US embassy in Haiti said, “Former President Trump should not be indifferent to the civilized people (…) who insult the Haitian people.”

During a private meeting in January 2018, the country’s leader described Haiti and many other African countries as “bad countries”.