Haitians, Haitian People

Wednesday Cuba deported 77 Haitian compatriots in conflict with Cuban laws. Upon arrival, they were taken care of by the National Migration Office (ONM) agents who took them to the ONM's Accommodation Center, waiting to help them find their families. According to NJO Director Eudes Lajoie, the ...

The designation, said members of the nonprofit group Little Haiti BK, is a recognition of the cultural role that Haitians have played in the city and the country, and a sign that the area's Haitian community is coming of age. The resolution would also serve as a formal recognition by the City Council, which ...

A 2012 photo of former first lady Barbara Bush from the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. (David Valdez/Courtesy of the U.S. National Archives). On the Hill with Doug Christian, April 18, 2018. Ryan defends Trump's Russian policy; Haitians in crises; Barbara Bush dies; Candidate Terry McAuliffe?

Approximately 59,000 Haitians have been impacted by the decision, and will have to leave the United States or face living in the country illegally — pending any legislative response or ongoing litigation. Last Friday was Duke's last day at the department, and she could not be reached for comment. “I think it ...

At least once a week, Reynald Justance visits a small, fairly inconspicuous office building on Orlando's west side. The building, located across from a shopping plaza, is unmarked, except for a yellow sign by its door that reads in French: Authorized CAM Agent Serving the Community. CAM, short for ...

Internal Trump administration documents obtained through a lawsuit show that, three weeks before a top federal immigration official wrote a memo recommending the end of so-called Temporary Relief Status for Haitians in America, he had been told by his own staff that the conditions that led to the TPS ...

The designation, said members of the nonprofit group Little Haiti BK, is a recognition of the cultural role that Haitians have played in the city and the country, and a sign that the area's Haitian community is coming-of-age. The resolution would also serve as a formal recognition by the City Council, which ...

Three weeks before the Trump administration announced that it will end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians because the country no longer met the requirements for the temporary relief, documents released by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as part of a lawsuit indicate Haiti remains ...

More people sought asylum in Canada in 2017 than at any point in at least a quarter-century, due in part to a spike in applications from Haitians entering the country from the United States, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Canadian government data. The 50,420 asylum applications Canada ...

Students at Daytona Beach's Embry Riddle Aeronautical University campus are helping to make water safe to drink and use in Haitian communities. The Haiti Project is making all the difference with children and families who live in the poverty-stricken areas where diseases plague their water supply.

In March, given that the flights of the airline LAW had been temporarily suspended http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23733-haiti-flash-law-airline-temporarily-suspends-its-flights-haiti-chile.html , the number of Haitians fell 53% to 5,477. In 2017, 104,782 Haitians entered Chile, an increase of 114% ...

EVERETT, Mass. (WHDH) — An Everett city councilor has apologized after a controversial post he made about Haitians on Facebook. Stephen Simonelli, 64, is under fire for the message that he posted in a closed group on Facebook. Wednesday night, someone wrote in a closed Everett community page ...

Migrating to Chile is about to get tougher for Haitians. Starting April 16, Haitians seeking to get into Chile will now need to request a visa from the Chilean consulate in Port-au-Prince, the South American country's government announced Monday. The tightened immigration rule is part of a series of ...

When she started her three-month journey to the United States, Nounoune Jules had the assured gait of someone who knew where she was headed. At thirty-seven, she was older than many of the Haitians traveling from Brazil to the United States, but she planned to go light. She, along with her husband ...

Even a casual tennis follower knows by now that Naomi Osaka, a 20-year old rising star defeated the legendary Serena Williams on March 22 at the Miami Open. At the time of this writing it is not yet known how far she will reach in that tournament. But what is sure is that she is an ascending star. Her win ...

The Break for Change Haiti team partnered with the Haitian Entrepreneurial Initiative (HEI) and Haiti Made over spring break to teach those living in poverty about economic recovery and work ethic. According to senior Abby Brown, the church in America is approaching mission work in Haiti the wrong way. “Going and doing ...

Nirva is one of about 59,000 Haitians living in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a humanitarian program that gave them permission to work and live here after the January 2010 earthquake devastated their country. Many work in health care, often in grueling, low-wage jobs as nursing ...

Ponthieux now works as a nurse and hopes to eventually become a nurse practitioner. But the future changed last year for him and more than 250,000 Haitians and Salvadorans when President Trump decided to end the TPS that had been in place under former presidents George Bush and Barack Obama.

Nirva is one of about 59,000 Haitians living in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a humanitarian program that gave them permission to work and live here after the January 2010 earthquake devastated their country. Many work in health care, often in grueling, low-wage jobs as nursing ...

Friday was a great day for many in Senate District 38. Senate bill 382: Transportation Facility Designations was a bill that was co-introduced by Senator Campbell has been signed into law. This bill honors those individuals who have done exemplary work within the community by providing them with a ...

Ponthieux now works as a nurse and hopes to eventually become a nurse practitioner. But the future changed last year for him and more than 250,000 Haitians and Salvadorans when President Trump decided to end the TPS that had been in place under former president's George Bush and Barack Obama ...

Sunday 1st April 2018. TPS · Haiti · New York · South Florida · Boston · News · Arts & Culture · Health & Science · Special Reports · Opinion · Columns · Contact · Careers · Sign in · Home » Arts & Culture » Brooklyn Exhibit Highlights Shared Culture and History of Haitians and Dominicans. Arts & Culture ...

A group of South Florida Haitian immigrants are among the latest plaintiffs challenging President Donald Trump's decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status, which — until recently — has shielded them from deportation. In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday in the Eastern District of New York, the ...

A lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn aims to block the termination of Temporary Protected Status shielding Haitians from deportation, arguing that the federal government was “arbitrary and capricious” in its decision to end the program and was motivated by President Donald Trump's ...

The Brooklyn-based arts organizations BRIC and Haiti Cultural Exchange teamed up on the occasion of the visual art exhibition, Bordering the Imaginary: Art from the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and their Diasporas to ask four local thinkers of Haitian and Dominican descent to write about their personal ...

The plight of Tijuana's Haitians reveals the obstacles created by changing U.S. immigration policy, first under Obama and now under Trump. Most arrived in Mexico from Brazil, where they had fled after Haiti's massive 2010 earthquake, looking for work preparing for the Olympics and the World Cup.

SANTIAGO – Chile has deported nearly 240 Haitians after they were found to be in possession of false statements and documents on entering the South American country. Between March 2 and 5, 2018, Chile's Investigative Police (PDI) refused entry to Chilean territory to 239 Haitian citizens, with 169 ...

While she is busy cleaning offices or shoveling snow, Doris Reina-Landaverde, a custodian at Harvard University, places her worries aside. She belongs to a labor union and insists the money isn't bad. But once her shift ends, it's another story. A Salvadoran recipient of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has called for an end to the discrimination being shown to Haitian nationals by some Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries as the French-speaking country announced that at the end of this month, nationals will be able to ...

As of March 30, 2018, Haitians holding an official and diplomatic passport or holding a US, Canadian or Schengen (European Union) visa will be able to move freely in all Caricom member countries. List of Member States : Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, ...

Plaintiffs (front) in the lawsuit against the Trump administration joined members of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice at the group's office. By Akilah Johnson Globe Staff February 23, 2018. The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice sued the Trump administration Thursday, ...

Cholera, previously unknown on the island, killed 7,568 Haitians over the next two years, though the UN denied responsibility for the outbreak. This was despite a report by its own experts in 2012 that showed that the spread of cholera downstream from the Nepalese soldiers' camps was predictable and ...

Anel Verdieu and his wife, Marie Lovely Verdieu, with their now five-year-old son Alan in their small one-bedroom flat in Tijuana. In early 2017, Anel arrived like many Haitians at this a well-traveled border crossing point hoping to enter the United States. But Obama-era policy changes had just sent many ...

#Haitians have always been a part of our society. They are an intelligent people, especially when given a chance. One of the many complaints of many Bahamians today is that not only are there too many Haitians in our schools, but they are showing our Bahamians up by coming top of their classes, and ...

The Senate stance on TPS comes after Trump reportedly blasted TPS recipients in a White House meeting, saying, “Why do we need more Haitians? Take them out,” and “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” — in reference to immigrants living and working legally in the ...

The pace of improvement has been accelerated by cell phones and the internet, but mainly because of the resilience, hard work, and optimism of the Haitian people. I am awed by the children doing their schoolwork under the gas station lights every evening because there is no electricity at home. I admire ...

But it was very clear that the Trump administration was set on rescinding TPS status for Haitians, not based, as it's supposed to be, by statute, on the conditions in the country, but based on the fact that this administration does not deem Haitians to be worthy of staying in the United States. I really want to point ...

Leading clergyman and Senior Pastor of New Covenant Baptist Church Bishop Simeon Hall has called for fair and humane treatment of Haitian nationals within the country. He made the comments while speaking to The Berean Evangelical Baptist Church on Sunday. 'I have successfully sponsored ...

haitians-protests-against-trump People take part in a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's recent statements and words about immigration crossing the Brooklyn Bridge on January 19, 2018 in New York. U.S. President Trump balked at an immigration deal that would include protections for people ...