/tags/haiti Haiti en-US WLRN Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:12:40 GMT /americas/2024-10-04/biden-wont-extend-two-year-program-for-haitian-cuban-venezuelan-and-nicaraguan-migrants The program began in 2022 with Venezuelans as an effort to provide an alternative legal pathway for migrants who were increasingly coming to the U.S.-Mexico border. It later expanded to Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans.The program allowed them to live and work in the U.S. for two years while they sought other legal status. Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:12:40 GMT /americas/2024-10-04/biden-wont-extend-two-year-program-for-haitian-cuban-venezuelan-and-nicaraguan-migrants Colleen Long | Associated Press /americas/2024-10-03/dominican-republic-will-deport-up-to-10-000-haitians-a-week-citing-an-excess-of-immigrants The Dominican Republic's government spokesman Homero Figueroa said that the government took the decision after noticing an “excess” of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Thu, 03 Oct 2024 20:44:00 GMT /americas/2024-10-03/dominican-republic-will-deport-up-to-10-000-haitians-a-week-citing-an-excess-of-immigrants Associated Press /americas/2024-09-30/hunger-in-haiti-reaches-famine-levels-as-gangs-squeeze-life-out-of-the-capital-and-beyond A new report has found that nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse, as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prince and beyond. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:14:48 GMT /americas/2024-09-30/hunger-in-haiti-reaches-famine-levels-as-gangs-squeeze-life-out-of-the-capital-and-beyond Dánica Coto and Evens Sanon | Associated Press /americas/2024-09-26/dominican-president-warns-of-drastic-measures-if-anti-gang-mission-in-haiti-fails The president of the Dominican Republic has warned that his administration would take “drastic measures” to protect the country if a U.N.-backed mission in neighboring Haiti targeting gang violence fails. Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:46:59 GMT /americas/2024-09-26/dominican-president-warns-of-drastic-measures-if-anti-gang-mission-in-haiti-fails Danica Coto| Associated Press /americas/2024-09-24/families-from-tennessee-to-california-seek-humanitarian-parole-for-adopted-children-in-haiti Dozens of U.S. families are asking the U.S. government for humanitarian parole for some 70 children they’re adopting. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:00:39 GMT /americas/2024-09-24/families-from-tennessee-to-california-seek-humanitarian-parole-for-adopted-children-in-haiti Danica Coto| Associated Press /americas/2024-09-23/leader-of-kenya-donor-to-haiti-police-force-makes-first-visit The trip by President William Ruto of Kenya came against a bleak backdrop in Haiti, where gangs operate with impunity and the Kenyan officers remain largely out of sight. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:48:26 GMT /americas/2024-09-23/leader-of-kenya-donor-to-haiti-police-force-makes-first-visit Frances Robles | The New York Times /news-in-brief/2024-09-19/south-florida-haitian-community-voice-concerns-over-trumps-false-claims The city of North Miami has one of the largest concentrations of Haitians in the U.S. After Trump’s debunked claims during the debate, some of the mayor’s constituents were fearful of potential threats here in South Florida. Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:28:41 GMT /news-in-brief/2024-09-19/south-florida-haitian-community-voice-concerns-over-trumps-false-claims Elise Catrion Gregg /americas/2024-09-19/trumps-derision-of-haitians-goes-back-years Former President Donald J. Trump’s false comments about pet-eating Haitian immigrants are the latest in a pattern of attacks against people from the Caribbean nation. Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /americas/2024-09-19/trumps-derision-of-haitians-goes-back-years Michael D. Shear | The New York Times /americas/2024-09-18/haiti-creates-a-provisional-electoral-council-to-prepare-for-the-first-elections-since-2016 Haiti’s government has created a provisional electoral council. It is a major first step long sought by the international community so the troubled Caribbean country can prepare for general elections for the first time since 2016. Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:20:27 GMT /americas/2024-09-18/haiti-creates-a-provisional-electoral-council-to-prepare-for-the-first-elections-since-2016 Danica Coto| Associated Press /government-politics/2024-09-16/trump-haitian-pets-racist-north-miami North Miami Mayor Alix Desulme, who is Haitian-American, says former President Donald Trump's inflammatory remarks about Haitian immigrants abducting cats and dogs in Ohio were made to bully the community and is part of his campaign's anti-immigrant message. Mon, 16 Sep 2024 12:54:01 GMT /government-politics/2024-09-16/trump-haitian-pets-racist-north-miami Jimena Romero