by Donna Christensen
Washington, D.C., – The Board of Directors, Advisory Board, and members of the Washington DC-based Caribbean-American Political Action Committee (C-PAC) condemn the lies and egregious scapegoating leveled by former President Donald Trump and Sen. J. D. Vance, against the Haitian immigrant community in the United States. We view attacks against the Haitian community as attacks against the entire Caribbean immigrant community in the United States, and our relatives at home. These attacks are viewed by C-PAC as racist and directly or indirectly aimed at all immigrants of color and the peoples of the Global South.
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C-PAC unequivocally rejects and condemns these patently xenophobic statements by Messrs. Trump and Vance. These lies are abhorrent and immoral. They are against the Christian values and tradition of the United States, and contrary to all religious doctrines which form a part of the American demographic milieu. We call on the Republican Party, all Members of Congress (Senators and Representatives of both parties), and all decent Americans to join C-PAC in calling for the rejection and condemnation of these egregious statements by Messrs. Trump and Vance. We also call on Messrs. Trump and Vance to retract these unwarranted and grossly offensive statements which have put the lives of Haitians and other Caribbean immigrants – as well as all immigrants of color – at grave risk.
We remind the offenders and their supporters that Haitians and other Caribbean immigrants have contributed significantly to the development of the United States for more than 248 years – from the Revolutionary War to the present. Americans should know too, that the Haitian revolution was the event that contributed most to the Louisiana Purchase. Caribbean
people have served honorably in the armed services of the United States in every war since America’s independence; and have sacrificed their lives to protect American democracy and the freedoms and rights which all Americans hold sacrosanct. As is well known, Caribbean immigrants contribute at very high levels in the professions, business, science and research, academia, technology and service industries, and strengthen the technical and labor force on whose backs America has been built. The undisputed truth is that Caribbean immigrants have served America with honor and distinction for centuries, from the “cradle to the grave.” Haitians are sons and daughters of the Caribbean.
Former Congresswoman Dr. Donna Christensen, President, Caribbean-American Political Action Committee
