Haitians trying to seek asylum in the United States have been turned back by the thousands in part because of public health measure Title 42, instituted at the beginning of the pandemic by the Trump administration. But some have succeeded in making it to the US and applying for asylum. Alisa Reznick in Phoenix, Arizona, reports on a Haitian American school teacher who, in his off hours, is devoted to helping new Haitian arrivals.
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