Haiti Archives | Immigration Impact

US Policy Toward Haitian Immigrants Is Part of a Long, Troubled History

by Rebekah Wolf | Sep 24, 2021 | History of Immigration, Humanitarian Protection, Immigration 101 | 0

Shocking images have emerged of Border Patrol officers on horseback charging toward Haitian...

Del Rio Migrant Camp Shows How Biden Administration Is Not Living Up to Its Promises

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Sep 21, 2021 | Abuses, Asylum, Border Enforcement, Enforcement, Humanitarian Protection | 0

Roughly 14,000 Haitians arrived at the border across from Del Rio, Texas in mid-September and...

Biden Begins to Restore Temporary Protected Status. Which Countries Could Get TPS Next?

by Melissa Cruz | Mar 25, 2021 | Humanitarian Protection, Temporary Protected Status, Waivers and Relief from Deportation | 0

By the end of the Trump presidency, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was all but destroyed. The...

TPS Extended Another 9 Months for Certain Countries, While Calls for Expanding Protection Increase

by Jennifer Ibanez Whitlock | Dec 17, 2020 | Humanitarian Protection, Temporary Protected Status | 0

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an important announcement on December 9 about the...

Discriminatory Treatment of Haitians Throughout History Informs Current Policy at the US-Mexico Border

by Karolina Walters | Nov 19, 2020 | Asylum, Border Enforcement, Enforcement, Humanitarian Protection | 0

For years, the Trump administration has argued that limited capacity at ports of entry led to its...

US Endangers Other Countries by Deporting People With the Coronavirus

by Katy Murdza | Apr 22, 2020 | Detention, Enforcement | 0

Countries around the world that still have few coronavirus cases are bracing themselves for the...

Trump Administration’s Immigration Proposal Is Dead on Arrival

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Jan 22, 2019 | Asylum, DACA/DAPA, Federal Courts/Jurisdiction, Humanitarian Protection, Legislation, Temporary Protected Status | 0

President Trump went in front of the public on Saturday and claimed he was going to propose a “compromise” to end the ongoing government shutdown. Instead of offering a bipartisan bill that would protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients from deportation, the 1300-page bill unveiled Monday night was […]

Vital Industries Could Suffer Significant Damage as Workers With TPS Lose Their Status

by Walter Ewing | Jan 9, 2019 | Business & the Workforce, Economics, Humanitarian Protection, Temporary Protected Status | 0

The Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for migrants from several nations—including El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti—has not only threatened over 300,000 long-term residents with deportation and separation from their families, but created potential workforce turmoil in multiple industries nationwide. The impending loss of workers will have ripple effects throughout local economies […]