Pooja Bhatia

"Haitians have hardly failed to notice that they are being forced to seek refuge in the country that has made their own unliveable." My new @lrb piece is about Haitians at the US border, the rhetoric of "invasion" & "surge," & the limits of asylum law. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

Hope you will read it! Thanks everyone who spoke to me for the piece (including sources at @ifsiusa, @HaitianBridge, @MigrationPolicy and @immcouncil), and to the clinical students @unitedforrights who helped w research.

"and gloss over the role U.S. policies have played—through arms shipments, support of repressive leaders, economic big-footing—in ruining their countries."

"The system is a mash-up of bureaucratic absurdity and colonial-era othering, as if Kafka and Fanon had conjured it from a mutual nightmare." Reactivated (fn) to share this, online today in @thebafflermag, about the "migrant crisis". thebaffler.com/outbursts/in-t…

The United States offers some migrants some protections, but these are temporary. Pooja Bhatia describes the experience of Haitians in Boston, who navigate complex bureaucracies with no guarantee of something stable at the end of their struggle. thebaffler.com/outbursts/in-t…

President Biden deserves enormous credit for bringing the nation back from Covid, reinvigorating our economy, moving us forward to address climate change, among many other accomplishments. He’s been an excellent president. And today, he’s shown that’s he’s a true statesman.

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"At least 36,654 ppl have been killed and 83,309 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s attacks stands at 1,139, with dozens still held captive in Gaza." Incl 33 displaced killed at a UN school as they slept. via @AJEnglish

@jeffsky_poincy ummm

Kenya…..

Convicted Felon Trump will not get security clearance for many jobs in the U.S. and barred from these countries:

Yes, asylum seekers are in the country legally. The current law in the U.S. allows any noncitizen, whether or not they have a valid visa, to enter the country and claim asylum. This holds true regardless of one’s legal immigration status. Get the facts: documentedny.com/2024/04/12/asy…

In his statement today defending his executive order, Biden said, “I say to you be patient and the good will of the American people is wearing thin right now.” That’s true, in part, because Biden failed for so long to push back against GOP demonizing of asylum seekers.

I’m truly at a loss for words. So many people wrote off India’s election as another landslide win for the fascist Hindu Nationalist BJP party and PM Modi, only for rural Indians (the most underestimated) to show out in DROVES and vote against BJP. I am beaming with pride and hope

@BasuAshis Harshing my mellow!

Given its history, how long will it be before the BJP starts “buying” politicians from other parties to increase its seat count in the Indian parliament?

One of the biggest stories this election is that the constituency the city of Ayodhya is a part of, where Prime Minister Modi inaugurated a temple, and which was expected to dominate this election, has been lost by Mr. Modi's BJP by a significant margin. #India

NEW | I recently chatted with @mirrorindy’s @HelloImDarian on ways to bring Haitian culture to the children in Indiana & instill a sense of unity & pride of their country of origin, #Haiti 🇭🇹. Please read the story below.👇🏿 ©@JennaRWatson @PlaPromisePrep mirrorindy.org/haitian-creole…

"Our job, as readers and writers alike, is to look more closely, to rupture the familiar, to notice." @sanjenasathian's terrific new essay on Freedom Songs has me thinking about nationalism, the novel, the slow accretion of ethno-hatred— and resistance. aaww.org/the-banality-o…

I am simply refusing to post anything more about this executive order until someone can tell the public what will actually start happening at the border in terms that do not imply the president has magic powers.

If this law doesn't guarantee the right to apply for asylum, no law guarantees anything. Explain to me how Congress could have been clearer about the right to apply for asylum regardless of circumstances....

@laurenmechling this is great!