Haitians Cannot Catch a Break!
Over the last 30 years, various Presidential administrations have subected persons fleeing turmoil in Haiti to detention, interdiction, and repatriation. Candidate Bill Clinton promised to end repatriation only to change his mind as President Clinton. The Miami Herald reports that “The Bush administration has rejected a request by Haitian President René Préval and others to allow tens of thousands of undocumented Haitians living in the United States to stay until their homeland recovers from a string of deadly summer storms. ”After very careful consideration, I have concluded that Haiti does not currently warrant a TPS [temporary protected status] designation,” Michael Chertoff, secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, wrote in a letter last month to Préval.”
KJ