Our president underestimates Haitians living in the United States if he thinks they will accept his new edict without a struggle — already they are organizing to resist (“America welcomed Haitian refugees in need, and Trump shouldn’t kick them out,’’ Editorial, Nov. 23). Haiti today, after a series of environmental disasters, is in no shape to receive them back. Trump can dismiss Haitians as losers, but if we in the United States ever looked into why Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, we would be shocked at our treatment of a country that won its independence from France in a slave revolt, only to suffer the harsh policies of US invasion, domination, and trade restrictions. The richness and strength of Haitian culture both in the United States and at home endures and will enable Haitians to fight this new injustice.

Sayre Sheldon

Cambridge