‘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 »
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 »
‘I could have died in this city.' Some Haitians brave gangs, gunfire to deliver aid Miami Herald / Jacqueline Charles, Alex Daugherty, Michael Wilner, Syra Ortiz Blanes / August 18, 2021 As government help trickles into southwest Haiti after Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake, some Haitians are braving gang-controlled roads to bring in aid on their own. Widler "Wid" Octavius, a… 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 »
Delegation for 8.17.21: Kabul falls — Reagan — bad meat? — mask up — Haiti Florida Politics / August 17, 2021 Haiti heat In a year of international crises, Hollywood Democrat Frederica Wilson's eyes fixed once again this week on the island of Haiti. Florida's 24th Congressional District includes more Haitian American constituents than any other in the United… Read more »
Crist's first TV ad hammers DeSantis on masks — Rick Scott suggests removing Biden from office — U.S. sends aid to Haiti, but is it enough? — Florida's unemployment site still a jalopy Politico / Gary Fineout / August 17, 2021 The daily rundown — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted information that there were 17,216 new Covid-19 infections… 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 »
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 »
