Immigration

Starting May 7, 2025, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin strictly enforcing the REAL ID requirement for anyone flying within the United States. For many of us in the Haitian community, especially those of us living here with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or under the parole program, this could be one more layer of stress in a time when immigration issues are already weighing heavily on our minds.

This change means that any adult flying domestically in the United States will need a REAL ID-compliant driver's license or identification card, or else you won't be allowed to board your flight.

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US Vice President JD Vance Sparks Immigration Debate: "A green card holder doesn't have an indefinite right to be in the United States," Vance said. What Does It Mean for Haitian Green Card Holders?

This recent statement by US Vide President JD Vance has reignited discussions about the rights of green card holders in the United States.

"This is not about free speech," Vance declared, "Yes, it's about national security--but more importantly, it's about who we, as American citizens, decide gets to join our national community

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There is a "Biden" phenomenon going on in Haiti right now but what is the real social impact of the Biden Administration's Parole Program on Haiti. The escalating brain drain of professionals is a pressing concern for Haiti's development and stability.

First, what does it mean when a country is being brain drained?

Brain drain happens when educated and skilled people leave a country to work in other countries, causing the home country to lose talented workers and face development challenges.

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Back in 2017 Haitians went to Chile at an alarming rate. By the end of that year, the number of Haitians who entered Chilean territory was well over 100,000 within two years. by the year 2019, the number had grown to close to 200,000 Haitians in Chile.

Here are the numbers:

43,898 Haitians migrated to Chile in 2016, authorities said. Seven months into 2017, the number of Haitians who had migrated to Chile that year was already at 44,289.

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Many of the Haitians who were deported back to Haiti recently by the Biden Administration say they will leave the country again the first chance they get because the Haiti has gotten much worse since they left.

Some of these Haiti migrants left the country after the 2010 earthquake. I thought they left, the situation in Haiti, already bad, was getting worse for them. So they sold many of the little things that had to go elsewhere and seek a better life.

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"There were whipping people, innocent people who just want to be treated fairly, people who just want food she said.

Haitian-American Hollywood actress Garcelle Beauvais said she was so shocked after seeing the treatment Haitian migrants by border patrol agents in Del Rio Texas she actually thought she was watching a slave movie.

"We can't seem to get a break and it breaks my heart and I am ashamed that this is how Americans are treating all the immigrants."

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The Dominican Republic has been repatriating more and more Haitians lately. Last month alone, between September 1st and October 2nd 2021, Dominican authorities sent back home over 7,000 Haitians.

Because of all the problems going on in Haiti these days, social political instability, gang violence, and other economic downturns that not seem to be improving, many Haitians are trying any which way leave the country and seek a better life elsewhere.

Retired Haitian woman swears she will never go back to Haiti

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You thought President Trump was blunt, President couldn't be more blunt in his message to Immigrants: Don't come over, he said.

"I can say quite clearly, don't come over." President Joe Biden said to immigrants looking to come to the United States in a tweet on March 23, 2021.

The US Embassy in Port-au-Prince Haiti even put it Haitian Creole on their web site to make sure Haitians got the message loud and clear.

The Embassy's tweeted the message message in Creole: "Mwen ka di sa byen kle: pa vini." with a picture of Joe Biden on it.

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There is a rumor that US immigration officials deported a Haitian man exposed to the coronavirus COVID-19. Read this from the Miami Herald.

A Haitian national who had been exposed to COVID-19 respiratory disease while in federal immigration custody was not among a group of detainees deported back to Haiti by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday.

The detainee, whom the Miami Herald agreed not to name, was part of a mobilization late Monday night from members of Congress and immigration advocates to stop the flight from departing from Alexandria, Louisiana. However, ICE still sent the plane to Haiti with 61 detainees on board.

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Wow simple or complex is it for an average Haitian citizen living in Haiti to apply for a Haitian Passport for the first time? What exactly do you need? How much does a Haitian passport cost? Some people seem to think it is not that simple. Is it?

I have a friend who lives outside Haiti and would like his sister to come visit.

Of course she will need a visa to leave Haiti but first she needs to apply for her Haitian passport.

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