58,000 Haitians in U.S. May Lose Post-Earthquake Protections
Paul G. Altidor, the United States ambassador to Haiti, explains to Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly
that allowing temporary protections to expire for Haitians living in the United States would add further strain to the island’s economy, which depends largely on income coming from relatives in America.
Days later, recognizing the depth of Haiti’s misery
and the complexity of the rebuilding effort, the United States government extended a seldom-used lifeline to Haitians in the United States — temporary protected status, or T.P.S.
Stein said that Why not call it permanent protected status?
that That earthquake, nobody has fixed what it did — nobody can.
The archbishop of Miami, Thomas G. Wenski, who spent 18 years as pastor of Little Haiti’s largest church, said the fact
that so many Haitians here helped Haitians at home survive was no small matter.
Versannes said that It would be a big mistake,
They argued that Haiti’s new government was just now developing a plan for the country and cautioned
that sending 58,000 people home could prompt panic among dependent relatives in Haiti, forcing some to take to the seas for the United States.
