Biden’s Special Envoy to Haiti Resigns in Protest of Deportations

Thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly Haitians, live in a primitive, makeshift camp under the international bridge that spans the Rio Grande between the United States and Mexico while waiting to be detained and processed by Border Patrol, in Del Rio, Texas, on Sept. 21, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

President Joe Biden’s special envoy for Haiti, Ambassador Daniel Foote, announced on Sept. 23 that he’s resigning from the position, accusing the United States of mistreating Haitian illegal immigrants by deporting them back to their country of origin after more than 15,000 Haitians had surged into Del Rio, Texas.

“With deep disappointment and apologies to those seeking crucial changes, I resign from my position as Special Envoy for Haiti, effective immediately,” Foote, a career member of the foreign service, wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and obtained by The Epoch Times.