Elizabeth Trovall, Marketplace
Elizabeth Trovall covers stories about the economy for Marketplace with an emphasis on immigration and healthcare.
Prior to her post, she covered immigration for the Houston Chronicle and for the NPR affiliate in Houston, Houston Public Media.
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South America became a haven for many Haitians displaced by the devastating earthquake of 2010. But, as Black migrants from an impoverished country, Haitians were also among the most vulnerable immigrant populations. In this second episode of Line in the Land, Haitians tell their stories of a decade of migration across the Americas — and how countries that initially welcomed them, ultimately shut their doors. -
When thousands of Haitians – like Dachka and Exode – arrived in the unlikely border town of Del Rio, Texas, they hoped they were crossing the finish line of an arduous immigration journey. But when the U.S. started flying some families back to Haiti (including their South American children) migrants were forced to make a critical decision: stay in the U.S. migrant camp and risk expulsion – or return to Mexico.
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Cuando miles de haitianos, como Dachka y Exode, llegaron al pequeño pueblo fronterizo de Del Río, Texas, tenían la esperanza de estar cruzando la línea final de una ardua travesía migratoria. Pero cuando Estados Unidos empezó a devolver a algunas familias hasta Haití, incluyendo a sus hijos sudamericanos, muchos migrantes fueron forzados a tomar una decisión crítica: permanecer en el campamento improvisado en Estados Unidos y arriesgarse a la expulsión, o volver a México. -
Episodio 1 de La Línea se estrenará en español e ingles el 18 de mayo, Día de la Bandera de Haití. Suscríbanse a esta platforma para recibir un nuevo episodio cada semana.
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Episode 1 of Line in the Land: A Haitian Odyssey drops in English and Spanish on May 18, Haitian Flag Day. Subscribe to this podcast feed to hear it as soon as it comes out.
