Thread: Sen asks for status change for Haitian immigs after quake

Originally Posted by Texan123

I hope she is only requesting a little more time for those whose visas will expire soon. I would not want to send someone back right now. But just a for a few days, not weeks, months, or years.
On the other hand--If I had family there I would WANT TO GO HELP !!!!

Yea...a few days, or even weeks. But what will happen is they will be here in ten years with ten babies born here.

Originally Posted by redpony353

Originally Posted by Texan123

I hope she is only requesting a little more time for those whose visas will expire soon. I would not want to send someone back right now. But just a for a few days, not weeks, months, or years.
On the other hand--If I had family there I would WANT TO GO HELP !!!!

Yea...a few days, or even weeks. But what will happen is they will be here in ten years with ten babies born here.

exactly....just like the central americans and their mara salvatrucha gang!!
ask anybody from s. florida and they wioll tell you about the hatian gang problem they have there!!

I am with Dixie on the "DUMB, DUMB, DUMB."

Email that message to all who even mention such a dumb idea.

The third world, the terrorists, the people who hate us, keeps growing inside the United States with the help of politicians, and others.

Psalm 91

We still have an abnormal number of El Salvadorians who came here after an earthquake in 2001 who have never left and brought all their MS-13 family members with them. NO THANKS!!!! 10 years is not Temporary!!!

Also, America's priority should be to Americans who were living in Haiti and our dignitaries who are there.

Also, from what I just read they need immediate help on the ground in Haiti with body recovery, medical care and basic needs like water and temporary shelter. Not transportation to the US or a visa for escaped prisoners!

All the main structures in the capitol have collapsed, they need an immediate communication system between emergency care. They have something more devastating than the 9-11 attacks or Katrina going on there right now. Moving people to the US is not the answer. We didn't flee to Haiti when our disasters occurred, so they can stay home too. Their country can absorb the effects, just like we did and they will be stronger for it.

Right now, Haiti doesn't even have a functioning government or access to documents and archives so they cannot even identify the people who would want to come to the US. To suggest visas right now is a simpleton's emotional reaction.

Dixie

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Originally Posted by Dixie

We still have an abnormal number of El Salvadorians who came here after an earthquake in 2001 who have never left and brought all their MS-13 family members with them. NO THANKS!!!! 10 years is not Temporary!!!

Also, America's priority should be to Americans who were living in Haiti and our dignitaries who are there.

Also, from what I just read they need immediate help on the ground in Haiti with body recovery, medical care and basic needs like water and temporary shelter. Not transportation to the US or a visa for escaped prisoners!

All the main structures in the capitol have collapsed, they need an immediate communication system between emergency care. They have something more devastating than the 9-11 attacks or Katrina going on there right now. Moving people to the US is not the answer. We didn't flee to Haiti when our disasters occurred, so they can stay home too. Their country can absorb the effects, just like we did and they will be stronger for it.

Right now, Haiti doesn't even have a functioning government or access to documents and archives so they cannot even identify the people who would want to come to the US. To suggest visas right now is a simpleton's emotional reaction.

Dixie

We don't need another Marielitos situation in Florida!
Anybody not familiar w/ the term Marielito should watch the movie Scarface.

No not NOW! Stop all immigration for FIVE years!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH --- We are BROKE!

National Review Online
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

'Temporary' Status for Haitians [Mark Krikorian]

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) was invented precisely for cases like Haiti today — when a natural disaster is so devastating that illegal immigrants from that country temporarily can't be deported. And there are already several members of Congress calling on the administration to grant TPS, and rightly so.

But the earthquake is also an argument for why we need to fix TPS — it's a necessary tool, but as currently structured it functions as a permanent amnesty for anyone "lucky" enough to come from a country that suffers a natural (or even man-made) disaster.

As far as I've been able to determine, not a single person who has ever been granted this "temporary" status has later been deported.

This is why open-borders groups have been pushing for TPS for Haitians for years, long before the earthquake, simply as a means to amnesty the 30,000 Haitian illegals who already have deportation orders (not to mention the thousands of others who haven't been caught — in 2000, the INS estimated 76,000 Haitian illegals).

The Obami have been resisting (just as the Bushies resisted) granting TPS because of the real possibility that it would precipitate new waves of boat people. There's little question TPS will be granted now, but there's also little chance this administration will want to phase it out eventually unless they face oversight by Congress and the public.

01/13 03:12 PM

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As far as I've been able to determine, not a single person who has ever been granted this "temporary" status has later been deported.

Another loophole.

Psalm 91

January 13, 2010
U.S. halts deportations of undocumented Haitians due to earthquake
BY TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA AND ALFONSO CHARDY


In the aftermath of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, the Obama administration announced Wednesday it was temporarily suspending deportations of undocumented Haitians.

But there was no immediate indication that the federal government would grant Haitian nationals Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, an immigration benefit long sought by Haitian activists and South Florida lawmakers.

TPS is granted to selected immigrants who cannot safely return to their homelands because of natural disasters, armed conflicts or other emergencies. Those eligible are allowed to remain here and obtain work permits and temporary stays for specific periods -- a status often renewed indefinitely.

``TPS is in the range of considerations we consider in a disaster, but our focus remains on saving lives,'' Matthew Chandler, deputy Homeland Security press secretary, said in an e-mail to El Nuevo Herald after the department announced it was halting deportations.

JOINT LETTER

To spur the administration to approve TPS, South Florida's three Cuban-American Republican members of Congress -- Reps. Lincoln and his brother Mario Diaz-Balart, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen -- sent a joint letter to Obama requesting TPS for Haitian nationals along with immediate humanitarian aid for Haiti.

``How much does Haiti have to suffer before Haitians in the United States are granted TPS pursuant to law?'' Lincoln Diaz-Balart said Wednesday. ``The reason TPS exists in the statute as an option for the president is precisely for moments such as this in Haiti.''

What many Haitian Americans and others view as unfair is the fact that Haiti -- like other countries in the hemisphere -- has endured natural disasters, yet its citizens have never been granted TPS.

The Department of Homeland Security has currently designated citizens from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Somalia and Sudan eligible for TPS.

Said Andre Pierre, Haitian-American mayor of North Miami, a city that contains one of the nation's largest Haitian-American communities: ``The White House is going to have to come up with something else within the next couple of days or next week at the latest. They are going to have to give TPS.''

ACTIVISTS

Several prominent immigrant-rights activists in Miami issued statements Wednesday strongly urging Obama to grant TPS.

Among the most vocal: Cheryl Little, executive director of Miami-based Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center.

``Repeated calls for the U.S. government to grant TPS to Haitians have been fruitless,'' a statement from Little's office said Wednesday. ``If not now, when?''

At a news conference Wednesday, Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, said he believes the White House will grant TPS to Haitians in ``weeks or days.''

The Obama administration's move on Wednesday to halt deportations marked the first time federal officials had taken such a step in connection with Haitian nationals.

In the past, U.S. immigration officials have temporarily halted removals in the immediate aftermath of natural disasters. But the deportations usually resume as soon as the emergencies end.

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