Speakers: Andy Hall and Trevor Aaronson

Moderator: Evelyn Larrubia

Florida:

The United States has deported more than 250 Haitians sinceJanuary knowing that one in two will be jailed without charges infacilities so filthy they pose life-threatening health risks.

Wisconsin:

The United States this year has deported more than 250Haitians, half of whom were jailed without charges in facilities sofilthy they pose life-threatening health risks.

Florida:

An investigation by the Florida Center for InvestigativeReporting found that the Obama administration has not followed its own policy of seeking alternatives to deportation when there are serious medical and humanitarian concerns.

Wisconsin:

An investigation by the nonprofit Florida Center forInvestigative Reporting found evidence that the Obama administration has not followed its own policy of seeking alternatives to deportation when there are serious medical and humanitarian concerns.

Florida:

These detentions, which have lasted as long as 11 days,violate Haitian law and United Nations treaties when deportees have not been charged with crimes in Haiti.

Wisconsin:

These detentions, which have lasted as long as 11 days,have occurred although the Haitian constitution bans the detention of anyone for more than 48 hours without appearing before a judge, and a United Nations treaty states that “no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.”