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… Read more »
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. The… Read more »
Florida Democrats Quiet Over Afghanistan as Taliban Takes Over The Floridian / Javier Manjarres / August 16, 2021 With President Joe Biden having asserted that he takes full responsibility for the chaos, death, and human rights atrocities being committed by the Taliban after his decision to hastily pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, very few Florida Democrats are lending their support… Read more »
The earthquake shocks the Haitian diaspora in South Florida Los Angeles Times / August 15, 2021 The devastating earthquake in Haiti, of 7.2 magnitude and that has left 724 dead, has shaken the Haitian community in Miami, where this Sunday the archbishop of this city, Thomas Wenski, officiated a mass in a church in the neighborhood of La Little Haiti. We have come to pray and ask the… Read more »
‘Speechless.' Shock of another devastating earthquake rocks Miami's Little Haiti Miami Herald / Bianca Padro Ocasio, Devoun Cetoute, Carl Juste / August 14, 2021 Edwina Paul, a hair salon owner, landed in Miami on Saturday morning after visiting her hometown in Haiti, when her phone froze with a barrage of WhatsApp messages and calls she was receiving, all at once. "When I finally… Read more »
27 members of Congress urge halt of deportations to Haiti during pandemicSun Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel / Anthony Man / April 14, 2020A group of U.S. House members wants to stop the Trump administration from deporting Haitian nationals during the coronavirus outbreak. To achieve that goal, they want a deportation ban included in any future coronavirus legislation, though the 27 members of… Read more »
Kamala Harris tells Florida teens to ‘lead with conviction' at MLK Jr. eventMiami Herald / Samantha J. Gross / January 18, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic's wrath in Florida has put a strain on families, had an outsized effect on Florida's Black communities and forced schools to go virtual. Marked by interruption and uncertainty, young people had a particularly challenging 2020. During a… Read more »
5000 Role Models Of Excellence Hold Virtual Scholarship BreakfastCBS Miami / Lauren Pastrana / January 18, 2021 MIAMI (CBSMiami) – For more than two decades, the 5000 Role Models of Excellence have held their scholarship breakfast in Miami in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. However, due to COVID-19, that tradition was held virtually this year. That didn't stop students,… Read more »
An attack on America that's divided Congress — and a nationThe Hill / Mike Lillis and Scott Wong / January 16, 2021 On the evening of Sept. 11, 2001, just hours after terrorists attacked the United States, scores of lawmakers from both parties gathered on the Capitol's East Steps for an outward show of national solidarity and an impromptu rendering of "God Bless America." There was… Read more »
Florida lawmaker: Trump guilty of ‘treasonous betrayal of our nation'South Florida Sun Sentinel / Anthony Man / January 13, 2021 As the House debated impeaching President Donald Trump for inciting the deadly riot a week ago at the Capitol, the Florida delegation showed deep division, completely along party lines, agreeing about nothing concerning the riot and Trump's culpability.… Read more »
