Pooja Bhatia
@bhatiap.bsky.social
Haiti, immigration, human rights. Tout moun se moun.
“If we can have arguments like this,” said a friend who fled Haiti in 2024, “it means we’re still alive.” Pooja Bhatia for @equatormag.bsky.social on Haiti’s famed Oloffson Hotel, where I used to file my stories. www.equator.org/articles/hot... @bhatiap.bsky.social
After the Dance • EQUATOR
A dream died when Haiti’s Hotel Oloffson burned to the ground. Can it be recovered?
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This extraordinary essay by @bhatiap.bsky.social for @equatormag.bsky.social on Haiti and the storied Oloffson Hotel is the best thing I've read in ages. Just amazing writing. www.equator.org/articles/hot...
I was thrilled to write about one of the best places in the world for one of the best magazines in the world. @equatormag.bsky.social cc: Haiti-heads, Graham Greene lovers, New Wave music fans, anyone who's danced till dawn
Equator@equatormag.bsky.social · 4d ago”As the fog of crisis settled on the capital, the Oloffson sometimes seemed like a beacon, pointing towards the future, its very existence promising to make good on the popular post-quake motto: ‘Haiti will not perish’." @bhatiap.bsky.social recounts the storied history of the Hotel Oloffson
I was thrilled to write about one of the best places in the world for one of the best magazines in the world. @equatormag.bsky.social cc: Haiti-heads, Graham Greene lovers, New Wave music fans, anyone who's danced till dawn
Equator@equatormag.bsky.social · 4d ago”As the fog of crisis settled on the capital, the Oloffson sometimes seemed like a beacon, pointing towards the future, its very existence promising to make good on the popular post-quake motto: ‘Haiti will not perish’." @bhatiap.bsky.social recounts the storied history of the Hotel Oloffson
”As the fog of crisis settled on the capital, the Oloffson sometimes seemed like a beacon, pointing towards the future, its very existence promising to make good on the popular post-quake motto: ‘Haiti will not perish’." @bhatiap.bsky.social recounts the storied history of the Hotel Oloffson
Jeez. The court may have stopped some third-country removals at the last second yesterday, but ICE recalibrated quickly. Sept. 24 saw the most ICE flights+removals in the months I've been keeping a daily log. --at least 90 flights --at least 18 removals, including Haiti --plus a stop at Gitmo
Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence. Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
JUST IN: The Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit has rejected ICE's unprecedented expansion of mandatory detention — the eighth straight appeals court to reject the Trump administration's approach as the issue hurtles toward SCOTUS. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
In 2018, President Trump stood in the Oval Office and said that people seeking asylum should “do it the legal way” by coming here without crossing a border illegally. Now his admin is set to punish people who did exactly that; came on a visa and then applied for asylum.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2mo agoBREAKING: The U.S. is preparing to rescind up to 200,000 business and tourism visas in the largest mass visa revocation ever, officials say.
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights warns that terminating TPS for Haitians risks running afoul of core human rights obligations, including due process, protection of family and the principle of nonrefoulement. www.oas.org/en/IACHR/jsF...
United States: IACHR expresses concern over the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals
Washington, DC—The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses concern over the risks faced by Haitian nationals following the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States, particularly in light of the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crises in Haiti.
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Seems fairly clear that ICE and private contractors are trying to coerce migrants of giving up procedural rights, compelling them to self-deport through coercion and intimidation, including inhumane living conditions, threat and lack of access to health care. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Inside ICE’s Largest Detention Center
On a military base in West Texas, where the government has built a sprawling tent complex to hold thousands of immigrants, deprivation and dire conditions are part of the design.
newyorker.com
“Anyone can be picked up randomly and people know about that; it doesn’t matter if you have an asylum pending case or if you don’t — anyone can be picked up,” Dorsainvil said. “I think this created more fear for folks to go on the road.” www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/anyone...
‘Anyone can be picked up’: Reports of ICE activity heighten anxiety in Springfield's Haitian community
As ICE patrols activity mounts in Springfield, a wave of fear is keeping local Haitian immigrants behind closed doors — and forcing families to weigh basic daily tasks against the
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‘The ankle monitors are bulky and are made by BI, which started off making cattle-tracking devices. Officials claim these “alternatives to detention” are not meant to punish, but their resemblance to shackles is obvious.’ @bhatiap.bsky.social on ICE’s new tactics: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
Pooja Bhatia | In Springfield
It has never been easy to get asylum in the US, but during the last two years it has become almost impossible. The Trump...
lrb.co.uk
‘Some people in Springfield suspect that the letter-and-monitor strategy is an attempt to make ICE’s actions less visible. Street kidnappings and raids draw attention, and the midterms are approaching.’ @bhatiap.bsky.social on ICE in Ohio: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
Pooja Bhatia | In Springfield
It has never been easy to get asylum in the US, but during the last two years it has become almost impossible. The Trump...
lrb.co.uk
‘Over the past two weeks, scores of Haitian immigrants in Springfield have received “call-in” letters summoning them to ICE offices. On arrival, some people have been detained, while others have been fitted with a GPS ankle monitor.’ @bhatiap.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
Pooja Bhatia | In Springfield
It has never been easy to get asylum in the US, but during the last two years it has become almost impossible. The Trump...
lrb.co.uk
Stripping TPS from 350,000 Haitians is one of the (if not the) largest mass de-legalizations the US has ever seen. We are shackling and deporting people who came here legally for protection, ripping apart families and inflicting suffering on hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
The U.S. media misses a big angle of the #Haiti story. Our State Department, under both parties, contributed to the crisis there -- which raises our moral obligation to stop deporting #Haitians to terrible danger. My report @newrepublic.com. @garrettepps.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2138...
#GiftArticle Haitians came legally, to escape conditions created in large part by our foreign policies… & with our blessing. And overnight they have become vulnerable to deportation… www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/08/01/h...
‘No one wants to be exposed’: Haitians in San Diego dread what might happen after Trump ends immigration protection
‘I had no choice but to leave Haiti,’ says one man who works in City Heights. He just lost his temporary protected status, or TPS, protection along with hundreds of thousands of others nationwide.
sandiegouniontribune.com
When I heard about this it was hard to believe, but now it's public. The US Administration is planning the full destruction of Optional Practical Training, the US's largest single source of global talent. I wrote about the effects of eviscerating OPT earlier this week: www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
Exclusive | U.S. Weighs $100,000 Fee for Foreign Students Wanting to Work After Graduation
The proposed policy would particularly affect Silicon Valley, Wall Street and universities.
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TPS is set to end for hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants living in the United States. ICE is gearing up for deportations. Last year, Pooja Bhatia described the economic and spiritual effects of mass deportation in one Ohio community. thebaffler.com/salvos/home-...
Home City, USA | Pooja Bhatia
The residents of Springfield, Ohio, have been terrorized by Donald Trump—and many now face the prospect of state-sponsored violence.
thebaffler.com
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS & we can still stop it. Please call your Senator NOW & ask that they sign onto S.4814 & extend TPS for Haitians for 3 years. This will be a catastrophe for our neighbors who have been here legally!! Here's the call script! drive.google.com/file/d/1XXEs...
S. 4814 Script .PNG
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · 3mo agoMy Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
Every day that this order doesn’t come down is a day that 350,000 people aren’t suddenly subject to deportation.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3mo agoToday, the D.C. Circuit said DOJ/DHS must wait. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Notably, thought Judges Pan and Garcia are Biden appointees, Judge Walker is a Trump appointee, and he did not note any dissent from the order.
I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 3mo agoMiller: "It's not a coincidence that when you look at these violent Antifa demonstrations not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They're all deformed in some way in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism." #cdnpoli
Trump's reflecting pool swamp, now the killer buoys swept into the Rio Grande bc of torrential rains. With this administration, as ever, the ironies are too on the nose. www.theborderchronicle.com/breaking-new...
Breaking News: Laredo on Alert as Trump's Buoys Cause Chaos on the Rio Grande, Close International Bridges
Hundreds of massive orange buoys staged for a controversial DHS floating barrier project broke free near Eagle Pass and are now drifting toward Laredo, threatening bridges, commerce, drinking water su...
theborderchronicle.com
A Brookings analysis estimates more than 200,000 children, including 145,000 US citizens, have likely had at least one parent detained since January. About a third are under age 6.
