At today’s House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) argued that the US should do more to welcome and resettle Haitian migrants, stating that Brooklyn has «a diaspora that can absorb a significant number of these migrants» and that «I need more people in my district just for redistricting purposes.»

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Dem Makes Case For Resettlement: ‘I Need More People In My District Just For Redistricting Purposes’