People of color represent 92 percent of turnstile jumping arrests. The effort on turnstile jumping represents part of a broader initiative to end broken windows policing and the resulting harms caused to immigrant communities. Research shows that broken windows policing inadvertently puts a target on undocumented immigrants and increases their risk of detention and deportation.
By Haitian Times Editorial Staff
On the eve of President-elect Jovenel Moïse’s inauguration, international legal observers released a report citing Haiti’s democratic institutions as “suffering a profound crisis of confidence.”
By Francois Pierre-Louis In the last month, Haitian-Americans have experienced two presidential elections that will fundamentally affect their future….
By Jocelyn McCalla
]Haitians can say goodbye to Temporary Protected Status (TPS). In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, President Barack Obama saw fit to use his discretion to grant this exceptional status to Haitians stranded in the US because of the extensive damage suffered by their country. The operative keyword is discretionary authority. At his discretion the president can grant TPS for a period of 18 months — which Obama did in 2010 — and extend this status for another 18 months or less depending on whether conditions in the country under consideration have sufficiently improved to allow an orderly return of the individual beneficiaries. President Trump is unlikely to extend TPS further for Haitians. In fact, he is unlikely to extend TPS for many other nationals who have benefited from such a measure.
By Garry Pierre-Pierre
Haitians took to the polls on Sunday to cast their votes for president and parliamentarian candidates, despite pounding rain in the hurricane devastated southern part of the country.
By Garry Pierre-Pierre
Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the United States. New Yorkers came through for Hillary Clinton, with 58 percent of the population voting for her. Below is a snapshot of voters at one polling station in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
By Garry Pierre-Pierre
Enough has been written about Mr. Trump that I don’t want to add to it. Enough said. I urge my fellow Haitian-Americans to go to the ballot tomorrow and cast our vote for Mrs. Clinton. And on Wednesday, the leadership should organize national calls the way we did after the earthquake to rally the troop. We should come up with a set of serious recommendations and put together a task force to follow through and make sure that Mrs. Clinton atones for her mistakes in Haiti.
By Carlotta Mohamed
Bastien said the fact that Trump came to Little Haiti in September is an important symbol in the community. She received phone calls about elderly Haitian Americans who are voting for Trump just because he came to Little Haiti. Meanwhile, Clinton hasn’t done enough to show that voices of Haitian Americans are important, and shouldn’t be taken for granted because they do matter.
By Francois Pierre-Louis Jr. PhD Francois Pierre-Louis is an associate professor of political science at Queens College. Haiti was scheduled…
By Garry Pierre-Pierre
Last month a delegation of Haitian professionals living outside of Haiti met with Interim-President Jocelerne Privert, and high on the agenda was ways that the Haitian Diaspora could help pay for the upcoming national elections.