Washington-based Caribbean PAC Condemns Attacks Against Haitian Immigrants

Washington-based Caribbean PAC Condemns Attacks Against Haitian Immigrants

The Caribbean-American Political Action Committee (C-PAC) issued a Press Release condemning the Republican Party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates, former president Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. J. D. Vance for their pernicious lies levelled against Haitian immigrants in the United States. C-PAC called 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 Trump and Vance, and demanded that Trump and Vance withdraw these untrue statements against the Haitian community.

The Ward Post fully endorses C-PAC’s statement.

C-PAC’s full statement follows:

Caribbean-American Political Action Committee Condemns Attacks Against Haitian Immigrants

Washington, D.C., October 1, 2024 — 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.

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, with honor and distinction, from the “cradle to the grave.” Haitians are sons and daughters of the Caribbean.

Former Congresswoman Dr. Donna Christenson, President, Caribbean-American Political Action Committee

Established in 2005, the Caribbean-American Political Action Committee (C-PAC) is a non-partisan, membership-driven organization that works to advance the political agenda of Caribbean-Americans currently residing in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. To that end, C-PAC will endorse and support candidates for public office in the D.C. Metropolitan area who articulate policy positions that will strengthen the economic, educational, social, and cultural conditions of individuals of Caribbean heritage residing in the region.

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