With President-elect Joe Biden set to take office in January, many TPS holders like Tilus hope they will be closer to having that permanent status or, at the very least, more stability in their status.
2020 Elections, Latest News
‘We’ll taste grease from their rice,’ Haitians say about U.S. elections
From his home in Carrefour-Feuilles, Port-au-Prince, Handy Calixte, 37, keeps up with U.S. elections news through television, radio and the internet — almost as much as he does Haitian news.
Immigrant Voices
Haitian Leaders Slam Trump Census Threat To Exclude Non-Citizens From Congressional Count
By Jonathan Greig President Donald Trump put the 2020 Census into further disarray this week when he released a memorandum…
Opinion
An Impending Crisis: COVID-19 in Haiti, Ongoing Instability, and the Dangers of Continued U.S. Deportations
Prepared remarks by Jake Johnston to Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson’s forum on COVID-19 and ICE’s deportation of detainees to Haiti…
Immigration & Migration
ICE has been testing migrants before deportation. But how it’s doing so is problematic
How to prevent and combat coronavirus in jails, prisons, and juvenile detention facilitiesCorrections professionals deal with risks and threats daily….
Op-eds
Cadet Vildenard is an undocumented worker in New Jersey, who I met some years ago in Haiti.
J.O. Haselhoef He’s not unique. There are others like him — they’re the reason President Trump proposed a wall, they’re the…
Latest News
Coronavirus Pandemic Complicates TPS for Haitians
By Larisa Karr Yolnick Jeune stood before Congress for the second time, impassioned not just for herself but for the…
Haiti
Haiti death squad leader Emmanuel ‘Toto’ Constant’s deportation to Haiti is back on
A lawsuit brought by three Haitian immigrants in Manhattan federal court against Constant claimed he sanctioned systematic rape to silence…
Haiti
ICE removes detainees with coronavirus from deportation flight to Haiti
The tragedy of the latest Haitian migration trendA Haitian-American activist who has helped more than 3,000 migrants since May 2018…
Editorial, TPS
Haiti earthquake anniversary: A reminder to find a permanent solution for TPS recipients
Yesterday Haitians throughout the Diaspora marked the 10th anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake that killed roughly 250,000 Haitians…