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Nelson, others question termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians

Posted on May 8, 2018

U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today led a group of a dozen U.S. senators in calling on the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to explain what they call a “deeply troubling and potentially politically motivated” decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians in the United States.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and USCIS Director Lee Francis Cissna, the senators point to an Oct. 2017 USCIS report that described current conditions in Haiti as “vulnerable to external shocks and internal fragility,” and further concluded that Haiti is “unable to adequately respond to a wide range of persistent humanitarian needs.”

Yet, despite its own assessment, one month later USCIS and Homeland Security rescinded TPS for 58,000 Haitians in the U.S and characterized the situation on the island as no longer needing the designation.

“The November 2017 decision to terminate Haiti’s TPS designation marked a stunning reversal of this assessment of the conditions in Haiti,” the senators wrote. “Moreover, in light of the president’s widely reported offensive comments about Haiti and African nations being ‘s***hole countries,’ these documents raise serious questions regarding whether the Administration’s decision to terminate Haiti’s TPS was based on the conditions in Haiti – as required by law – or whether the decision resulted from broader political concerns, including an animus towards the country and its nationals.”

The senators called for the immediate reconsideration of the administration’s decision to terminate Haiti’s TPS designation.

In addition to Nelson and Markey, the letter was signed by U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Tina Smith (D-MN) Cory Booker (D-NJ), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL).

The lawmakers’ letter can be found here.

Filed Under: Soup Du Jour Tagged With: Department of Homeland Security, Haitians, Senator Bill Nelson, Temporary Protected Status, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Sen. Campbell, Rep. Jacquet Take Advocacy for Haitian TPS Extension to Nation's Capital

Posted on November 1, 2017

In a direct appeal to President Donald Trump on behalf of more than 60,000 Haitians living in Florida and facing potential deportation, state Senator Daphne Campbell (D-Miami) and House Representative Al Jacquet (D-Delray Beach) will travel to the nation’s capital on Thursday to meet with top administration officials.
Senator Campbell and Rep. Jacquet are expected to meet at 2 pm on Nov. 2nd with William (Billy) Kirkland, Special Assistant to the President & Deputy Director White House Intergovernmental Affairs, and Landon Loomis, Special Advisor for Western Hemisphere & Global Economics, Office of the Vice President.
The topic of the meeting will be those Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States after fleeing earthquakes, hurricanes, and an economy ravaged by the disasters. Without an extension of the TPS program, tens of thousands of these individuals will face immediate deportation on January 22, 2018.
Both Senator Campbell and Rep. Jacquet have been outspoken in their defense of allowing these refugees to remain in Florida while Haiti continues to rebuild, and are also expected to hold meetings with US Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio and other elected officials to discuss the expulsion threat and immediate need for extending the TPS program.
 

Filed Under: Soup Du Jour Tagged With: Haitian, Representative Al Jacquet, Senator Daphne Campbell, Temporary Protected Status, TPS

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