Haitian Americans in Michigan protest U.S. policy on migrants at border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Last week, almost 15,000 people, most of them Haitians, were at a border camp seeking asylum.
50% : "These people need to be given an opportunity to present their claims for asylum.
43% : The Associated Press reported Friday that asylum seekers from Haiti are granted asylum at the lowest rate among the 83 nations for which asylum data is available.
42% : Advocates noted that it's legal for people to seek asylum at the border and that Haitians should be given due process to make such claims.
42% : Thompson-Hightower read a statement from Tlaib criticizing how Border Patrol has treated the Haitian asylum seekers.
39% : Haitian Americans and supporters rallied in downtown Detroit on Sunday afternoon to express outrage over the treatment of Haitian migrants seeking asylum at the border and call upon the Biden administration to adopt a more fair policy toward them.

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