The Center for Constitutional Rights is renewing its call for the Obama administration to stop deportations to Haiti after at least one Haitian national died of cholera-like symptoms just weeks after he was deported from the United States. The Obama administration resumed deportations to Haiti in January. The Center for Constitutional Rights reports the deported Haitians were exposed to cholera when they were held in police deportation holding cells in Haiti. Sunita Patel is a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Sunita Patel: “At least one person that we know of has died of cholera-like symptoms. It’s just a complete tragedy that the government of the United States has done nothing to stop the deportations, despite knowledge that this stuff has happened and despite their awareness that this could potentially happen to people once they’re deported to Haiti.”