Category Haiti

Overview: President Trump has pushed back against a Department of Homeland Security plan to suspend most ICE vehicle stops, calling the traffic stop one of the agency’s most important enforcement tools. The pullback followed three deaths in encounters with federal…

Overview: As heat waves drive up air conditioning use, Con Edison customers across New York City and Westchester County are seeing higher electric bills. This guide breaks down how to read your Con Ed bill, ways to cut costs through…

Overview: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has announced a new Netflix documentary titled 14th, which explores the history and continuing significance of the 14th Amendment. Serving as a follow-up to her acclaimed 2016 documentary 13th, the film examines the amendment’s role in…

Overview: Dominican President Luis Abinader said the Dominican Republic will not deploy security forces to Haiti as part of the United Nations-backed Gang Suppression Force, limiting its role to humanitarian, medical and logistical support. His comments come amid longstanding Haitian…

Overview: Following the Supreme Court’s June 25 ruling to end TPS for Haiti, Haitian immigrants in Brooklyn’s Little Haiti are finding community and guidance at St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church. As fear grows amid intensified immigration enforcement, pastors are urging…

Overview: As immigrant communities gather across New York City to watch the FIFA World Cup, filmmaker Victor Sanchez is documenting how soccer becomes a lens for conversations about identity, discrimination and immigration. His documentary, “5 Boroughs/48 Nations,” follows diaspora communities…

Haitian citizens wait for flights outside Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince January 19, 2010. Units from all branches of the U.S. military are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude…

Overview: Hundreds of supporters welcomed Duckens Nazon and Josué Duverger in Les Cayes during the latest stop of the Grenadiers’ nationwide tour celebrating Haiti’s return to the FIFA World Cup after 52 years. LES CAYES — Hundreds of residents lined…

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has officially approved 316 political parties to participate in the country’s long-delayed elections, advancing preparations despite continued uncertainty over the election calendar, funding and the security conditions needed to hold the vote. The…

Overview: USCIS updated its guidance Friday to confirm that work authorization for many Haitian Temporary Protected Status holders remains valid through July 24 under a federal court order while litigation over the program continues. Haitian immigrants with Temporary Protected Status…