The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported earlier this week that it will implement the Help Haiti Act of 2010 that was signed by the President on December 9, 2010.  The law authorizes USCIS to grant lawful permanent resident (green card) status to certain Haitian children who are orphaned and were also paroled into the United States pursuant to the Haitian [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that earlier this month Mackenson Luberice and James Dorinville, survivors of the January 12th earthquake that ravaged their native Haiti and were brought to the U.S. as part of a rescue mission, were released from U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) custody. In the days following the earthquake, the U.S. government announced a stop on all deportations to Haiti until [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported that the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services  (USCIS) will begin accepting applications for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications today for Haitian nationals due to the earthquake that ravaged that country last week. USCIS officials estimate that about 200,000 Haitian TPS applications will be received during the six (6) month registration period that was authorized by the [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that Haitian nationals who were in the U.S. on or before January 12, 2010 (the day the 7.0 magnitude earthquake ravaged that country) can submit their applications for Temporary Protected Status  (TPS) begining tomorrow.  The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will publish the details as to where to submit the applications either [...]

The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that DHS Secretary Napolitano in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State  (DOS)that humanitarian parole is now authorized to allow orphaned Haitian children to come to the United States on a temporary basis as part of the ongoing support of recovery efforts in the wake of last week’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake that ravaged Haiti. Both government agencies [...]

The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) as part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced this past weekend that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is now authorized for Haitian nationals.  The regulations will be published in the Federal Register as soon as possible. The eligibility requirements for Haitian TPS are the following: Be a national of Haiti, or a person [...]

The Miami Herald reported today that the Catholic Church with help from the U.S. government is putting in motion, a relief effort to bring orphaned and unaccompanied Haitian children to the United States under a humanitarian program that was implemented 50 years ago for Cuban children when the Communist government took over Cuba.  The program is referred [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that in the wake of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a directive to temporarily stop all deportations to Haiti.  This was a joint decision made by the DHS Secretary Napolitano and Assistant Secretary Morton of the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE). This decision does not grant Haitian immigrants Temporary Protected [...]

“The sons of men are members in a body whole related; for a single essence are they each and all created. When fortune racks with pain, one member, sorely; surely the other members cannot stand securely. O, you who from another’s troubles turn aside your view, it is not fitting they bestow the name of [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that an earthquake that measured 7.0 on the Richter Scale ravaged Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere yesterday afternoon. The United States and other countries along with the International Red Cross began to organize relief efforts and gathering supplies to send to Haiti. In light of the circumstances, Haitian immigrants who are in the U.S. [...]