Haitian man in viral Del Rio photo looking for US sponsor | Exclusive

Mirard Joseph, the Haitian man pictured in a viral picture of Border Patrol brokers on horseback lassoing asylum seekers crossing into Texas, is in search of a monetary supporter to assist him enter America, he instructed The Haitian Instances Monday.

“We’ve tried some ways to return, talked to attorneys, however nothing has labored,” Joseph stated by way of WhatsApp from his dwelling in Chile. “With this factor from Biden now, I need to take an opportunity.”

Joseph is amongst scores of Haitians dwelling in nations throughout the Americas who’ve reached out to The Haitian Instances requesting assist to discover a sponsor to use for entry to the U.S. by means of the Biden Administration’s new course of for Haitians to hunt humanitarian parole. 

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