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Edward Markey: “The State Department currently advises American citizens…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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I'm live on the Senate Floor to urge passage of my Haiti TPS bill. We must protect Haiti TPS.

Published | Video Starts at 05:34

And together, these forces have left millions without certainty or without security. It is clear that Haitian TPS holders cannot return home safely. And yet The State Department currently advises American citizens against traveling to Haiti because of the dangers and instability. And that's utter help. Hypocrisy. You can't tell Americans it's too dangerous to go to Haiti and then say that you're going to tell 350,000 Haitians they've got to go back to a place that's too dangerous for any American to go and visit. (05:34–05:43)

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Asserts that the U.S. State Department advises against travel to Haiti due to safety concerns.

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