U.S offers deportation relief to additional 309,000 Haitians in country already
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A Haitian National Police car and an armored vehicle drive through a desolated street in the Champ de Mars neighborhood, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 27, 2024. The Biden administration is offering deportation relief to Haitians in the U.S., because of security issues in Haiti.
The Biden administration will expand
deportation relief and work permits to an estimated 309,000 Haitians in the
country already, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Friday.
The administration will expand access to the
Temporary Protected Status program to Haitians through February 2026 because of
violence and security issues in Haiti that limits access to safety, health
care, food and water, the department said. The expanded program will be
available to Haitians in the U.S. on or before June 3.
About 264,000 Haitians in the U.S. were
already covered by the program, according to the U.S. government.
U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat seeking
another term in the November 5 elections, has walked a political tightrope when
it comes to immigration, both trying to step up security at the U.S.-Mexico
border and take a more humane approach to immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
In a presidential debate on Thursday, Biden's
Republican challenger, former president Donald Trump, criticized Biden for
failing to stem high levels of illegal immigration.
Gang wars in Haiti have displaced over half a
million people and nearly 5 million are facing severe food insecurity. Armed
groups, which now control most of the capital, have formed a broad alliance
while carrying out widespread killings, ransom kidnappings and sexual violence.
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