Tag: Haiti

Diego Armando Escalona Polanco, a fast-food worker in Orlando who came to the U.S. 11 years ago. Detained by ICE before being deported to his native Venezuela, he's now back in his childhood bedroom in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Suddenly uprooted

May 28, 2026

Here’s what happens to immigrants deported from Florida to their home countries.

Schneider, his mom Sherly Joseph and Schneider's cousin all look into a pot on the stove.

“Not a real Haitian”

May 27, 2026

Schneider Joachim is sometimes shunned by other Haitian immigrants for not speaking Creole well. Now, he leans into his heritage by starting a Creole food truck in Syracuse.