ATLANTA – Some members of metro Atlanta’s Haitian-American community have had to have tough conversations with their children the last few days.
The Haitian-American community has been thrust into the national immigration debate following false claims by former President Donald Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance.
Both have repeatedly made unsubstantiated allegations that Haitian immigrants are consuming household pets and waterfowl, sparking outrage.
“Haitians are not eating pets,” Greg Maurice, a Haitian-American entrepreneur who grew up in the Atlanta area. “Haitians come to this country just like any immigrants who come to this country—for a better life.”
Maurice, who moved to the U.S. from Haiti at the age of 13, graduated from Norcross High School and has since become an entrepreneur in the film industry. He described the recent claims as “disgusting” and harmful to the Haitian community.
“The conversation that’s being had about immigrants is unacceptable, and that’s not what …