Marie entered the U.S. on a tourist visa in 2004. She never went back after experiencing a traumatic incident in Haiti. Before overstaying her visa, she was a frequent traveler who often came here on vacation. She worked as a secretary for more than six years at the Secretary of State for Literacy in Haiti….
Farah Larrieux By Garry Pierre-Pierre I met Farah Larrieux in 2000 when I was working with Djakout Mizik to participate at the West Indian Carnival Day Parade in Brooklyn. Farah was part of the band’s public relations staff. We’ve maintained a close friendship over the years. After the 2010 earthquake destroyed her home in Port-au-Prince…
Roughly 5,000 people gathered in the heart of New York City on Jan. 15 to denounce President Donald Trump’s categorization of Haiti as a “shithole.” In the days following the president’s alleged remarks, a back and forth ensued between Republican and Democrat lawmakers over the exact verbiage that was used in the closed-door meeting. However,…
In his first year in office, the Trump administration deported more than 200,00 people, ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) for 800,000 dreamers, implemented a travel ban on six majority-Muslim countries, ended TPS for 200,00 Salvadorans and 59,000 Haitians, removed Samoa, Haiti and Belize from the seasonal workers program. It remains unclear…
By Vania Andre On the eve of the eighth anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters to hit Haiti, President Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance against black and brown immigrants migrating to the United States. During a meeting Thursday evening at the White House to discuss immigration policies, Trump said he did not want…
By Vania Andre Nearly 60,000 Haitians living in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will face deportation within the next 18 months, the Trump administration announced Monday. Haitians with TPS designation will have until July 22, 2019 to voluntarily leave the country or change their legal status. “The decision to terminate TPS for Haiti…
By Vania Andre NEW YORK, NY — Thousands of Haitians and Central Americans are anxiously awaiting their fate in the United States, as the Trump Administration mulls over whether or not to extend their Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which was granted to them years ago because of natural disasters that took place in their native…
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Haiti has formally written to the United States Government seeking an extension of the temporary protected status (TPS) for its nationals residing in the North American country. The request, coming seven years after the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country was devastated by an earthquake, is contained in a letter sent…
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) called on the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the nearly 60,000 Haitians living in the U.S. until at least July 2019. Nelson with a group of Haitian American community leaders on Aug. 24 at the Little Haiti Cultural Center to discuss the issue and how it’s affecting the…
Council Member Mathieu Eugene met with immigration officials in Montreal on August 17 to learn more about the plight of Haitian refugees with expiring Temporary Protected Status (TPS) who are seeking asylum in Canada. With the current cycle of TPS set to end in January of 2018, many Haitians living in the United States are entering Canada illegally rather than face deportation back to Haiti.