Haiti

Haitian advocates appeal for immediate end to deportations and expansion of TPS

Miami Herald / Alex Dugherty / August 17, 2021

Members of Congress, Haitian-Americans and immigrant advocacy groups are calling on the Biden administration to expand Haiti's Temporary Protected Status designation after a major earthquake claimed at least 1,300 lives in Haiti's southwestern peninsula on Saturday.

Haitians see history of racist policies in migrant treatment

Daily Harald / Aaron Morrison & Astrid Galvin / September 24, 2021

The images - men on horseback, appearing to use reins as whips to corral Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico - provoked an outcry. But to many Haitians and Black Americans, they're merely confirmation of a deeply held belief:

U.S. immigration policies, they say, are and have long been anti-Black.

The earthquake shocks the Haitian diaspora in South Florida

Los Angeles Times / August 15, 2021

The Lead With Jake Tapper

Jake Tapper / September 23, 2021

Thousands Of Haitians Gather Under Border Bridge, Hoping To Gain Entrance To US, As Deportations Continue

CBS Miami / Joel Waldman / September 17, 2021

More than 10,000 mostly Haitian migrants are sheltering under an international bridge in Mexico, waiting to be processed by immigration authorities in the United States.

U.S. envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant deportations

Politico / Nick Niedzwiadek & Jonathan Custodio / September 23, 2021

The U.S. special envoy for Haiti resigned on Wednesday, rebuking the Biden administration's handling of Haitian refugees amassed along the U.S.-Mexico border.

U.S. sends aid to Haiti after quake but much more needed

Politico / Jonathan Custudio / August 16, 2021

As Tropical Depression Grace pounded Haiti late Monday, rescue teams from the United States, Chile and other countries scrambled to help locate residents still trapped after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake pancaked homes and churches, busted roads and killed at least 1,400 people.

27 members of Congress urge halt of deportations to Haiti during pandemic

Sun Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel / Anthony Man / April 14, 2020