Haitians Pray for Reform

Haitians gathered Friday at Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church to pray for a change in federal immigration policies after new political leaders — Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and a Democratically controlled Congress — assumed power.

”People in my church are being deported and leaving families behind. Those without legal status cannot work or provide for their family, and they can’t send their children to school. We need justice,” said the Rev. Reginald Jean-Mary, Notre Dame’s administrator.

The morning prayer service attracted at least 800 people, some of whom held copies of deportation orders. here.

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