Frederica Wilson, Florida Democrats on Capitol Hill Call on DHS to Stop Haiti Deportations Due to CoronavirusFlorida Daily/ Kevin Derby / April 8, 2020Insisting that Haiti does not have the healthcare resources to battle coronavirus, nine Democrats representing Florida in the U.S. House called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reverse plans to deport Haitians who were… Read more »
A Haitian man, exposed to the coronavirus, was taken off ICE deportation flight at last minuteMiami Herald / Monique O. Madan and Jacqueline Charles / April 7, 2020A Haitian national who had been exposed to COVID-19 respiratory disease while in federal immigration custody was not among a group of detainees deported back to Haiti by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday. … Read more »
Trump's Continued Deportations Threaten to Accelerate Pandemic in HaitiYuba New / America's Voice / April 7, 2020Washington, D.C. April 7, 2020 – Observers are highlighting how the Trump administration is recklessly continuing to deport people back to countries such as Haiti and Guatemala – despite the obvious public health risks and potential to accelerate the spread of… Read more »
Miami, FL – In response to the Department of Homeland Security's plan to deport Haitians on Tuesday, April 7, Congresswoman Wilson led a letter to Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf urging him to reverse this decision."Like many of the countries to which migrants are being repatriated, Haiti lacks the public health infrastructure to prevent the spread of the virus or to treat a large… Read more »
ICE to deport Haitians despite coronavirus concerns Miami Herald / Monique O. Madan and Jacqueline Charles / April 6, 2020Some U.S. lawmakers and immigration advocates are expressing outrage at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's decision to continue deportations to Haiti in the midst of the accelerating COVID-19 global pandemic, saying the decision "‘presents an unacceptable… Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake."On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti at its very core, crippling the capital's infrastructure, killing hundreds of thousands of people, and leaving more than one million homeless. As we mark the ten-year anniversary of that devastating event, we… Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson welcomed Haitian activist and community leader Leonie M. Hermantin to the nation's capital where she testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today. She was one of several experts invited to speak at a hearing on "Haiti on the Brink: Assessing U.S. Policy Toward a Country in Crisis."Haiti has for the past year been embroiled in a political… Read more »
Representatives Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Val Demings (D-FL), Alcee Hastings, (D-FL), Debbie Murcarsel Powell (D-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Donna Shalala (D-FL) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) have issued the following statement in response to violent protests in Haiti: "We are extremely troubled by news reports coming out of Haiti that describe a country in… Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement in response to the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programs for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan until January 2020. The extension was made to comply with a court injunction issued last October by the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of California after the Trump… Read more »
Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson issued the following statement in response to the earthquake in Haiti:"Throughout its history, Haiti has had to endure a disproportionate share of natural disasters, the worst of which was the 2010 earthquake that killed nearly 300,000 people. Just two years ago, the island nation was struck by Hurricane Matthew, which killed 600 people and caused… Read more »
