John “Marshmellow” Adames
10/27/17
Reflection of LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
When we went to the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives we looked at two documents “The Council of the City of New York, Report of Legal Services Division, Committee on General Welfare, Res. No. 1873” and “Association of Haitian Workers, January 2nd Coalition for the Defense of Haitian Refugees statement” that showed us how Jean-Claude Duvalier “Papa Doc” forced Haitians to immigrate to the U.S. 2200 Haitians were put into 11 detention centers across the U.S in 1981 according to the primary source “The Council of the City of New York, Report of Legal Services Division, Committee on General Welfare, Res. No. 1873” . According to “Association of Haitian Workers, January 2nd Coalition for the Defense of Haitian Refugees statement” It states that on January 2nd 1982 there was a Coalition so people can join the defense of Haitian refugees in pressing the release of all Haitian immigrants in the U.S from camps and political asylum. In all I really enjoyed the conversation of Haitian Refugees because I thought that the Dominican Republic were one of the only countries to deal with an dictator as bad as Trujillo.