Deported migrants from U.S.-Mexico border arrive in Haiti as DHS chief defends flights Miami Herald / Jacqueline Charles / September 19, 2021 As the first planeloads of angry Haitian migrants arrived in Port-au-Prince on Sunday after being repatriated from the U.S.-Mexico border, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security defended the deportations, saying misinformation is… Read more »
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. The problem is that there are too many people and there is not… Read more »
Haitian advocates appeal for immediate end to deportations and expansion of TPS Miami Herald / Alex Daugherty / 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 »
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 »
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 »
Today, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson voted to pass H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, and H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, two landmark pieces of legislation to modernize and reform our immigration system and secure permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who have been, and will continue to be, key to the economic recovery… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks (NY-5), Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-7), and Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie G. Thompson (MS-2) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calling on him to end the practice of summarily expelling migrants under Title 42 of the Public Health Services… Read more »
Miami, FL – Today, Congresswoman Wilson issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's ruling on the White House's effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program:"I am celebrating today's landmark Supreme Court ruling that prohibits the Trump administration from rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program with the thousands of Hispanic and… Read more »
ICE has been testing migrants before deportation. But how it's doing so is problematic.Miami Herald / Monique O. Madan and Jacqueline Charles / May 29, 2020The Department of Homeland Security is only testing a sample of the detainees it is removing from the United States and using a 15-minute rapid test to determine if they have the coronavirus.The response by DHS to a Miami Herald… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Wilson introduced the Haitian Deportation Relief Act, which calls for the suspension of deportations of Haitian nationals until the COVID-19 pandemic has ended in both the United States and Haiti. The legislation also requires the Department of Homeland Security prioritize migrants whose detention has been deferred and who do not pose a public safety risk for… Read more »
