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WASHINGTON Pro-migrant advocates, including Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry, hailed Democratic President Joe Biden’s decision to reverse a Trump-era expulsion order, which will now allow up to 150,000 Haitians who fled natural disasters and the Caribbean nation’s continuing crises c.
WASHINGTON Pro-migrant advocates, including Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry, hailed Democratic President Joe Biden’s decision to reverse a Trump-era expulsion order, which will now allow up to 150,000 Haitians who fled natural disasters and the Caribbean nation’s continuing crises c.
The Biden administration on Saturday extended special protections to Haitians living temporarily in the United States after being displaced by a devastating 2010 earthquake, reversing efforts by the previous administration to force them to leave the country. The decision, announced by the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, makes good on President Biden’s campaign promise to restore a program that shields.
U.S. Grants Temporary Protections to Thousands of Haitians
The designation, which will be in place for 18 months, could protect as many as 150,000 Haitians living temporarily in the United States.
Migrants from Haiti arriving at the Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition after being released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Del Rio, Texas, in March.Credit.Adrees Latif/Reuters
Published May 22, 2021Updated May 23, 2021, 12:52 a.m. ET
The Biden administration on Saturday extended special protections to Haitians living temporarily in the United States after being displaced by a devastating 2010 earthquake, reversing efforts by the previous administration to force them to leave the country.