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Haitian advocates appeal for immediate end to deportations and expansion of TPS
Miami Herald / Alex Daugherty / August 17, 2021
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.
House Panel Approves Small-Business Aid: Congress Update
The Washington Post / Bloomberg / September 9, 2021
The U.S. Congress ramped up its work on President Joe Biden's economic agenda on Thursday with House committee votes on core pieces of a planned $3.5 trillion tax-and-social-spending budget bill.
House Panel Spars Over Reconciliation Package's Higher Ed Provisions
NASFAA / Hugh T. Ferguson / September 10, 2021
In a lengthy markup the House Education and Labor Committee advanced their portion of the reconciliation package that would invest roughly $111 billion in funding for programs related to higher education.
Migration maelstrom puts Biden in a political vise
Politico / Sabrina Rodriguez / September 21, 2021
Pressure builds on Democratic leadership over HBCU funding
The Hill / Aris Folley / September 22, 2021
Pressure is building on Democratic leadership to ensure the party's $3.5 trillion social spending package includes more grant funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Rep. Frederica Wilson on Liberty City teacher who died of COVID-19: 'He was irreplaceable'
Local 10 News / Terrell Forney / September 8, 2021
MIAMI - Rep. Frederica Wilson and a group of students met on Wednesday in Miami to honor the memory of a beloved 55-year-old teacher from Liberty City.