MAY 13, 2026
Contact: media@haitianbridge.org,  Paige Censale, pcensale@haitianbridge.org

San Diego, CA. — Haitian Bridge Alliance strongly condemns the Trump administration’s decision to reject the United Nations International Migration Review Forum declaration, including rhetoric from the U.S. State Department opposing so-called “replacement immigration” in the United States and the broader West. 

The administration’s language mirrors white nationalist and anti-immigrant conspiracy theories historically used to demonize Black and Brown migrants while advancing exclusionary immigration policies rooted in racial hierarchy rather than humanitarian principles.

“The United States does not have an immigration crisis — it has a white supremacist and nationalist crisis,” said Guerline Jozef, Executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance. “The Trump administration continues to criminalize Black and non-white inmigrants fleeing violence and humanitarian crises while simultaneously embracing policies and narratives designed to preserve white demographic dominance. For example, the administration has admitted White South Africans from South Africa as refugees into the U.S. under the false pretext that they are being discriminated against and facing state-sponsored violence — a claim that has not been substantiated. The use of terms like ‘replacement immigration’ is dangerous, dehumanizing, and deeply rooted in racist ideology.”

Haitian Bridge Alliance reaffirms that migration is driven by global inequality, conflict, foreign intervention, failed U.S. foreign policy, colonization, climate instability, and economic exploitation by the Global North — not by migrants themselves. We  called on policymakers and international institutions to reject anti-Black and xenophobic narratives and instead pursue immigration policies grounded in human rights, racial justice, human dignity, and consistent with the rule of law. 

ABOUT HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE

Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), also known as “The Bridge”, is a grassroots community organization that advocates for fair and humane immigration policies, foreign policy, and provides migrants and immigrants with humanitarian, legal, and social services, with a particular focus on Black migrants, the Haitian community, women and girls, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and survivors of torture and other human rights abuses. HBA also seeks to elevate the issues unique to Black migrants and builds solidarity and collective movement toward policy change. Anpil men chay pa lou (“Many hands make the load light”). Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @haitianbridge