Maine immigration advocates warned that hundreds of people living in Maine to escape wars, gang violence and natural disasters would have faced deportation within weeks had the administration terminated their legal protections.
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Hundreds of Haitians in Maine face potential deportation as Trump administration ends legal protections
The country has been under temporary protected status since 2010, a designation that allows people to stay and work in the U.S. if their home country is deemed unsafe due to war or natural disaster, both of which Haiti has faced in recent years.
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Maine nonprofit’s work in Haiti hampered by USAID shutdown
Konbit Sante used the $220,000 a year USAID grant to help fund maternal and newborn care in a poor neighborhood in Haiti’s second-largest city.
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What Haitians really eat
Absurd falsehoods about Haitian immigrants in Ohio ignore the truth about the impact of Haitian cooking on America.
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Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives
More than 2,500 people have been killed or injured across Haiti in the first three months of the year as gang violence continues to surge.
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Haiti’s new prime minister arrives in his country on flight from Miami
Garry Conille’s selection comes amid ongoing gang violence, and controversy after the council attempted to name a former sports minister as prime minister in violation of its own rules.
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Young missionary couple from U.S. among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti’s capital, family says
The slayings occurred as Haiti’s capital crumbles under the relentless assault of violent gangs that control 80% of Port-au-Prince.
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Haiti’s main international airport reopens nearly 3 months after gang violence forced it closed
As the first plane hurtled down the runway and took off, one passenger said in a soft voice, ‘Yes. Yes.’
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Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power
It’s hoped that political change will help quell the gang violence that has killed thousands.
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A journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights group details gang toll
A Haitian human rights group has released a new report that details the horrific violence unleashed this year by gangs amid a political vacuum.