The Resistant Communiqués Collective is ecstatic to present Season I, Episode III of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast this July, featuring an insightful discussion on the national protests resisting ICE, particularly in Los Angeles, California, with Ms. Guerline M. Jozef: "ICE Resistance & The Struggle for Human Rights in L.A.: Liberation, Black Resistance, & the Legacy of the Haitian Revolution with Guerline Jozef, Founder, & Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance". In it, we discuss national protests against ICE, the Haitian community in the United States, and the history of Haiti.
The Trump Administration, flush with cash from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, has transformed ICE into the most significant and best-funded policing force in history—the Imperial Boomerang returned home. As we finished this episode, news broke that the Trump Administration was going to begin deporting Haitian green-card holders and those with TPS status under the guise of fighting Viv Ansanm, a Haitian gang and "terrorist" organization. As with Venezuelans, while those who will be facing deportation allegedly have criminal ties, in practice, most of those who will experience targeting have no criminal history and have no links to Viv Ansanm. What they're preparing for is a massive anti-immigrant purge that will happen nationwide, with the summer's LA protests an opening salvo in what's to come.
The recent news from the Trump Administration and the U.S. State Department makes our discussion with Ms. Guerline M. Jozef all the more critical. Ms. Guerline M. Jozef, a Haitian-American, serves as the Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance and is a human rights advocate. In our conversation, Guerline explains the effect that this immigration crackdown has had on the Haitian community and contextualizes it within the long history of U.S.-Haitian relations, as well as the Haitian Revolution.
The Haitian Revolution was an early blow struck for human rights: Haitians led the vanguard in fighting for the essential dignity of all people and an end to chattel slavery. Today, Haiti is spoken of disparagingly, but it was a potent symbol of freedom throughout the 19th century. Abolitionist Frederick Douglass said in 1893 that:
"We should not forget that the freedom you and I enjoy to-day; that the freedom that eight hundred thousand colored people enjoy in the British West Indies; the freedom that has come to the colored race the world over, is largely due to the brave stand taken by the black sons, of Haiti ninety years ago".
Our incredible guest, Ms. Guerline M. Jozef (she/her), is a prominent human rights advocate and strategist, best known as the Founder and Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance—the only Black womynx-Haitian-American-led organization supporting migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, with a focus on people of African descent. She co-founded the Black Immigrants Bail Fund and the Cameroon Advocacy Network and created Tales from the Borderlands and Beyond. Recognized globally, Jozef was named one of POLITICO's most influential ppl on race and police in the U.S, the BBC's 100 Women of 2024, WASHINGTONIANS' 500 People changing policies in the U.S., and has received numerous honors, including the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award and the AFL-CIO's 2024 GMLK Human Rights Award. She has testified at the United Nations, the U.S. Congress, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. She has been featured in prominent media outlets, including CNN, BBC, MSNBC, ABC, Forbes, The New York Times, Al Jazeera, Politico, The Griot, and Democracy Now! She is a powerful voice for racial and social justice, human rights, and the rights of immigrants.
Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), also known as "the Bridge", is a grassroots community organization that advocates for fair and humane immigration policies and provides migrants and immigrants with humanitarian, legal, and social services, with a particular focus on Black migrants, the Haitian community, women and girls, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and survivors of torture and other human rights abuses. HBA also seeks to elevate the issues unique to Black migrants and build solidarity and a collective movement toward policy change. Anpil men, chay pa lou ("Many hands lighten the load"). Follow HBA at HaitianBridge.org and on social media on X, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok: @haitianbridge. HBA is grateful for all donations.
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Multimedia Syllabus
ICE Resistance & The Struggle for Human Rights in L.A.: Liberation, Black Resistance, & the Legacy of the Haitian Revolution with Guerline Jozef, Founder, & Executive Director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance.
Note: This is not an exhaustive bibliography; it serves as a starting point for further research.
U.S.-Haitian Relations - Pandemic Politics: Punishment, Criminalization, Detainment, Quarantine, & Expulsion
AfricaNow! (2023, June 14). The Forgotten U.S. Occupation of Haiti [Broadcast].
Borger, J. (2021, October 4). Senior state department official calls Biden’s deportation of Haitians illegal. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/04/haitian-deportations-illegal-state-department-official-harold-koh
Cenatus, A., Moreno, I., & Vargas-Betancourt, M. (n.d.). Timeline of Haitian American Immigration to the United States. University of Florida George A. Smathers Library. https://exhibits.uflib.ufl.edu/HaitianAmericanDream/
Chávez, Karma R. (2021). The Borders of AIDS: Race, Quarantine, and Resistance. University of Washington Press.
Danticat, E. (2017, December 29). Trump Reopens an Old Wound for Haitians. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trump-reopens-an-old-wound-for-haitians
Dan Snow’s History Hit. (2021, October 14). The Haitian Revolution [Broadcast].
Filippova, S., Fried, K., & Concannon, B. (2024, March 1). From coup to chaos: 20 years after the US ousted Haiti’s president [Responsible Statecraft]. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-haiti-coup/
Koppes, C. (2021, October 11). Opinion | Fauci, AIDS and Playing Pandemic Politics. WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dr-fauci-aids-hiv-covid-pandemic-scare-haiti-haitians-discrimination-11633966762.
Thrasher, S. W. (2022, August 2). The Shameful and Forgotten Origin of Guantanamo Bay. Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/guantanmo-bay-1391099/
Trovall, E. (2021, June 11). Thousands Of Haitians Are Migrating To The U.S. After Facing Racism, Poverty In Latin America. Houston Public Media. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/in-depth/2021/06/11/400406/many-haitians-are-migrating-to-the-u-s-after-facing-racism-poverty-in-latin-america/
U.S. State Department, & Rubio, M. (2025, July 21). Deportation Actions Against U.S. Legal Permanent Residents Affiliated With Haitian Foreign Terrorist Organization Viv Ansanm—United States Department of State. U.S. State Department. https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/07/deportation-actions-against-u-s-legal-permanent-residents-affiliated-with-haitian-foreign-terrorist-organization-viv-ansanm
Vote In Or Out 🇺🇸. [@voteinorout]. (2025, July 17). In a July 2024 Fox News appearance, #StephenMiller claimed that immigration from countries like Haiti and Somalia threatens America’s stability. [Instagram Post]. Instagram.
LA Resistance Against ICE
Lacy, A. (2025, July 23). Feds Make It a Crime to Give PPE to ICE Protesters. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/feds-criminalize-protests-masked-ice/
Lennard, N. (2025a, July 1). ICE Agents Deserve No Privacy. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/01/masked-ice-agents-victimization-accountability/
Miroff, N. (2025, July 10). Trump Loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/trump-ice-morale-immigration/683477/
Valdez, J. (2025, July 7). Documenting ICE Agents' Brutal Use of Force in LA Immigration Raids. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/07/ice-raids-la-violence-video-bystanders/
Black Decolonial/Anti-Colonial Thought, Black Human Rights, & Black Migration
Blain, K. N. (2025, July 9). Black Women and the Making of Human Rights—AAIHS. https://www.aaihs.org/black-women-and-the-making-of-human-rights/
Eddins, C. (2020, January 28). W.E.B. Du Bois, Haiti, and US Imperialism—AAIHS [Black Perspectives]. Black Perspectives. https://www.aaihs.org/w-e-b-du-bois-haiti-and-us-imperialism/
Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA). (2023). NGO Shadow Report to the Human Rights Committee (Panama, 137th Session) – Access to Justice for Victims of Violence in the Darién Gap – The Bridge (Access to Justice for Victims of Violence in the Darién Gap (ICCPR Article 14)). https://haitianbridgealliance.org/ngo-shadow-report_haitian-bridge-alliance_human-rights-committee_panama_137th-session/
Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), & Crew, Erik, HBA Staff Attorney. (2023). Statement on Transnational Migration | United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent | Second session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (United Nations Second Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, pp. 1–2).https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/forums/forum-african-descent/sessions/session2/statements/PFPAD-session2-TM-NGO-Haitian-Bridge-Alliance.pdf
Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), the UndocuBlack Network, Cameroon Advocacy Network, Center for Constitutional Rights, National Immigrant Justice Center, RFK Human Rights, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, & University of Miami School of Law Human Rights Clinic. (2023). CSO Written Contribution for Review of United States of America—Treatment of Foreign Nationals, including Refugees and Asylum-seekers, Disparately Impacting Black People and other Peoples Protected by the Covenant and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – The Bridge (Fifth Periodic Review of Report Submitted by United States of America under Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights). https://haitianbridgealliance.org/cso-written-contribution-for-review-of-united-states-of-america-treatment-of-foreign-nationals-including-refugees-and-asylum-seekers/
Immigration
Caffier, J. (2025, July 12). What to Do When You See ICE in Your Neighborhood. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/12/ice-neighborhood-watch-la/
Hammami, J. (2020). Bridging Immigration Justice and Prison Abolition. K. Chávez & E. Luibhéid (Eds.), Queer and Trans Immigrations: Dynamics of Illegalization, Detention, and Deportation. Part III: Resisting/Refusing, Chapter 9: Bridging Immigration Justice and Prison Abolition. Dissident Feminist Series. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.
*Download and read paywall-free on Academic.edu: https://www.academia.edu/119750121/Bridging_Immigration_Justice_and_Prison_AbolitionHammami, J. (2022, August 16). Opinion | The US Must Acknowledge the Role Racism Plays in Migration Policies | Common Dreams. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/16/us-must-acknowledge-role-racism-plays-migration-policies
Lennard, N. (2025b, July 12). ICE Campaign of Violence Will Lead to More Deaths. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/12/ice-violence-deaths-jaime-alanis/
Mitchell, S. (2025, July 9). Georgia Police Arrest Farmworkers—Then Get Warrants From DHS. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/09/georgia-sheriff-dhs-ice-farmworker-deportation/
Turse, N. (2025c, July 11). House Democrat Calls on Kristi Noem To Resign Over ICE Lies. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/11/congress-outraged-ice-lies/
UFW. (2025, July 14). UFW Statement on July 10 Federal Raid in Ventura County. UFW. https://ufw.org/ufw-statement-on-july-10-federal-raid-in-ventura-county/
Racial Capitalism
Biddle, S. (2025, July 9). Trump’s Big Beautiful Gift to Anduril. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/09/trump-big-beautiful-bill-anduril/
Critical Resistance. (n.d.). What is the PIC? What is Abolition? Critical Resistance. https://criticalresistance.org/mission-vision/not-so-common-language/
Sledge, M. (2025, July 10). The Private Prison Industry Looks Forward to Soaring Profits Thanks to Trump’s Budget. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2025/07/10/corecivic-trump-big-beautiful-bill/
Mapping/ Other Media
Larson, Z. (2021, December 2). This surprising new game wants to fix the worst thing about Risk. Inverse. https://www.inverse.com/gaming/liberation-haiti-board-game
Listen to the Music of the Black Migration Movement and the L.A. Resistance Against ICE
Guest Choice:
Focus Features (Director). (2019, October 25). “Stand Up”—Official Lyric Video—Performed by Cynthia Erivo [Video recording].
Fugees (Director). (2013, November 14). Fugees—Fu-Gee-La (Official HD Video) [Video recording].
Fugees (Director). (2016, January 8). Rufugees On The Mic [Video recording].
Fugees (Director). (2010, October 23). Fugees—Ready Or Not (Official HD Video) [Video recording].
Rebel Diaz (Director). (2013, September 2). Rebel Diaz- “I’m An Alien” (Official Video HD) [Video recording].
Steve Earle (Director). (2017, June 15). The Revolution Starts Now [Video recording].
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The Resistant Communiqués Collective co-hosts and collaborates on the development of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast.
This episode of the Resistant Communiqués Podcast:
Podcast Episode Writers: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson
Podcast Episode Question and Script Development: Jamila Hammami & Zeb Larson
Podcast Episode Script Development: Zeb LarsonPodcast Episode Researcher: Jamila Hammami
Podcast Episode Fact-Checking: Zeb Larson
Podcast Episode Recording: Jamila Hammami
Podcast Episode Production: Jamila Hammami
Podcast Episode Editing: Jamila Hammami
Podcast Episode Transcript: Zeb Larson
Podcast Video Recording: Jamila Hammami
Podcast Video Production: Zeb Larson
Podcast Video Editing: Zeb Larson
Podcast Video Transcript: Zeb Larson
Podcast Multimedia Syllabus Development: Ms. Guerline M. Jozef, Jamila Hammami, and Zeb Larson
Featuring:
Resistant Communiqués Podcast Introduction: Jamila Hammami
Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode Co-Hosts: Jamila Hammami and Zeb Larson
Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode guest: Ms. Guerline M. Jozef
Resistant Communiqués Podcast episode outro: Zeb Larson
Royalty-Free Music:
Music Editing: Zeb Larson
Music Mixing: Jamila Hammami
Royalty-Free Music:
Podcast Intro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling
Episode Intro Music: Wayne Jones - Connection
Episode Music: Karl Casey - New Dawn
Episode Outro Music: Cheel - Soft Feeling
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