Florida Rep. Wilson tells Biden to 'pay' migrants not to come to US The Washington Time / September 23, 2021 Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson on Thursday called on President Biden to "pay" those fleeing Latin America for the U.S. southern border to "incentivize" them to remain in their country of origin. "Fly to those countries," she said while addressing the Biden… Read more »
‘Fix this.' Miami officials furious over Haitian deportations, inaction from Biden. Miami Herald / Bianca Padro Ocasio & Alex Daugherty / September 23, 2021 Haitian-American activists and Democratic lawmakers in South Florida are growing increasingly frustrated at the Biden administration for increasing deportation flights to Haiti after they asked for a pause, as pressure… Read more »
Migration maelstrom puts Biden in a political vise Politico / Sabrina Rodriguez / September 21, 2021 "The administration and Congress have to come together to offer a clear strategy for how to deal with what is a new reality in the region being driven in the short term by COVID and climate change, and laws which never really contemplated what we are seeing now," said Simon Rosenberg, a… Read more »
Democrats oversee Haiti deportations and stalled immigration changes, angering advocates Miami Herald / Alex Daugherty / September 20, 2021 Mike Fernandez, a Miami billionaire and political megadonor who left the Republican Party to pursue bipartisan immigration reform, smiled into the camera last week as he announced his support for a Democrat-only plan to provide citizenship for… Read more »
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 »
