Haiti

Judge Blocks Trump’s Plan to End Temporary Protected Status

In some great news for holders of TPS, a federal district judge in California suspended the Trump administration’s termination of temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of people. The decision applies to current TPS holders from Haiti, Sudan, Nicaragua, and El Salvador. Temporary Protected Status allows beneficiaries to live and reside in the United States due to circumstances outside of their control. Under the designations, approximately 300,000 TPS...

DHS To Implement Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) Program

Due to emergent circumstances and effective advocacy by grassroots organizations, the Obama Administration has created a new program to expedite the entry of intending immigrants from Haiti into the U.S. According to the USCIS website: Starting in early 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will begin implementation of a Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) Program to expedite family reunification for certain eligible Haitian family members of U.S. citizens...