An estimated 46,000 Haitians reside in the U.S. on temporary protected status, granted to Haitians who came to the U.S. within a year of the devastating 2010 earthquake, or who were already in America. Now, they live in fear of a forced return to Haiti
Pray for us, we’re scared. We can’t go back, not now.
After a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti in January 2010, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead and crippling infrastructure in Port-au-Prince, the capital, tens of thousands of survivors fled to south Florida. Immigrant advocates responded with lawsuits, and in 2018 a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction, allowing Haitians and immigrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua and Sudan to remain in the country through this month.
For immigration attorney Vanessa Joseph, recently elected city clerk of North Miami, Fla., the extension provides “a welcome sigh of relief, but it’s not a permanent solution,” she said.Haitian immigrants had always known that, in theory, the protections were Bastien still shakes her head at the decision, noting that even the National Palace, where Haiti’s president lives, remains under construction.
“Finding gainful employment is out of reach for many deportees,” the researchers concluded. “Many deportees do not speak fluent Creole or speak Creole with an accent that is recognizably ‘American.’” Nelson works long hours doing kitchen prep at a diner, but when he can, he stops by Bastien’s office, wondering how much longer he can live in Fort Lauderdale, where he feels welcome.
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