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To understand why Haitians are arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border now, the Caribbean—the invisible third border—has to first be acknowledged. The same people who camped under the bridge in Del Rio, Texas, might have heard the jumbo jet’s warning a decade ago as it flew over the devastation of Port-au-Prince. Or maybe they heard the more recent warnings from U.S. officials, such as U.S. Embassy’s tweets in March, issued in Haitian Creole, one of which stated, “I can say quite clearly, do not come over.” More
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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Todd Miller.