Haitian Diaspora News

TPS for Haitians Update -- ROME - One of the Vatican's top diplomatic voices has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's recent decision to end the Temporary Protected Status(TPS) of thousands of Haitians taking refuge in the U.S., saying the country isn't yet ready for the influx after a slew of natural disasters devastated the island nation.

"We're extremely concerned about what's going to happen to these individuals and their families," says Ashley Feasley, director of migration policy and public affairs at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Read the story of Lys Isma, a young Haitian woman who came to the United States when she was only a 9 months old. Protected by TPS, she never felt like an illegal alien in America until now...

The President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet‏, writes on her Twitter page: "Today I met Richard Joseph, the Haitian citizen who saved a person on Sunday."

His name is Richard Joseph and his is a Haitian Hero in Chile... Richard Joseph saved a woman's life who fell from a ninth-floor balcony in a suicide attempt

On Thanksgiving, of all days, the Department of Homeland Security is to announce whether it will extend the temporary protected status that was granted to about 50,000 Haitians. Unless their status is extended this week, they must leave by Jan. 22.

Although Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nicaraguans has been terminated by the U.S. department of Homeland Security, There is a 12 months delay of the effective date of termination... Why? Keep reading...

A Haitian man, Frantz Barthelemy, ran away from the law in Stamford Connecticut one day before being convicted of first-degree assault with a pistol. He went to Haiti, got married, had 4 children, opened a business. 16 yeas later, he was caught by U.S. Marshals in Haiti and extradited back to the United States to pay for his crime.

It's official, immigrants from Nicaragua who had TPS since 1998 are now eligible for deportation. The Trump administration pulled their TPS. Haitians and Salvadorans wait for the mind-blowing decision.

Thanksgiving Turkey is not going to taste good this year for many Haitian families in the US... The headlines are getting scarier and scarier for Haitians with TPS... The latest Miami Herald headline reads: The State Department could be the paving way to deport 50,000 Haitians by Thanksgiving.