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Isabel Macdonald

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Isabel Macdonald is a freelance journalist and media scholar whose writing on media and politics has appeared in The Guardian, The Nation, Extra, HuffPost, AlterNet, Z Magazine, the Toronto Star, and the Montreal Gazette. She was formerly communications director at Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting and has appeared on outlets ranging from CNN to Fox News. She has an M.A. from York University (Toronto) and a Ph.D. from Concordia University (Montreal).

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - May 26: Haitians are tested by Haitian health workers after a deportation flight from the United States in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on May 26, 2020. (Photo by Sabin Johnson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Coronavirus Crisis

How Trump’s Deportation Flights Are Putting Latin America and the Caribbean at Risk

Melissa del Bosque, Isabel Macdonald
- Jun. 26

The U.S. has forged ahead with deportations amid the pandemic, creating a petri dish for the virus in crowded ICE facilities and then exporting it overseas.

Officials carry out disinfection protocols to protect against the spreading of coronavirus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 6, 2020.

The Coronavirus Crisis

“Irresponsible and Dangerous”: U.S. Deports Haitians Despite Coronavirus Risks

Isabel Macdonald
- Apr. 12

Public health experts fear that an outbreak of Covid-19 could have particularly deadly consequences for the impoverished island nation.

Trinidad Paul at her home in Village Philadelphie, a community just outside of Port-au-Prince.

The War on Immigrants

Seeking to Deport Haitians, the Trump Administration Is Counting Deaths in Displacement Camps as “Progress”

Isabel Macdonald
- Oct. 22

The government’s case for ending Haitians’ Temporary Protected Status relies on statistics that erase evidence of persistent suffering and even death.

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