The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) deported yesterday, 26 Haitians who have criminal convictions. This was the first group of Haitians that have been deported since the U.S. government placed a hold on deportations soon after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that ravaged that country last year. The Haitian-American community in Florida and the immigration advocates who [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported that today, January 12 is the one (1) year anniversary that a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that killed over 230,000 people and left about 1,000,000 homeless in Haiti, the western hemisphere’s poorest country. In an effort to help Haitian nationals both in the U.S. and in Haiti, President Obama and his administration acted quickly and extended benefits such as Humanitarian Parole  and Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS [...]

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) 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 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. [...]