The State Department has issued an alert urging U.S. citizens in Haiti to leave the small nation as soon as possible, warning that the U.S. embassy there “is unlikely to be able to assist U.S. citizens in Haiti with departure if commercial options become unavailable.” The State Department had already issued its highest alert instructing Americans to not travel to Haiti, citing “kidnapping, crime, and COVID-19.” The U.S. has been more than clear that it’s simply too dangerous for Americans to travel to Haiti and that any Americans there must leave now. Yet deportation flights of Haitians under the anti-asylum Title 42 policy have continued, including a flight on Tuesday from Louisiana to Port Au-Prince, advocates said. Read more