Clinics around the country are helping immigrants with forms to be submitted to US immigration processes. USCIS contact center. Photo courtesy of USCIS

On Feb. 16, the City University of New York’s Citizenship Now program is bringing an immigration clinic to the heart of Brooklyn’s Haitian community at Medgar Evers College. 

Last month, the Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York (HALANY) participated in a clinic geared towards Temporary Protection Status (TPS) with Haitian Americans United for Progress (HAUP). During the event over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, the lawyers and volunteers helped more than 300 attendees complete TPS forms. They now are seeing clients by appointment only.

Overview:

Haitians have questions for immigration lawyers all over the country about Temporary Protection Status (TPS), Biden’s new parole process and asylum.

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J.O. Haselhoef is the author of “Give & Take: Doing Our Damnedest NOT to be Another Charity in Haiti.” She co-founded "Yonn Ede Lot" (One Helping Another), a nonprofit that partnered with volunteer groups in La Montagne ("Lamontay"), Haiti from 2007-2013. She is a 2022 Fellow for the Columbia School of Journalism's Age Boom Academy. She writes and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.