The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began detaining non-criminal Haitians who presented themselves at Mexico-US border crossings on September 22, 2016 and began twice-weekly deportations to Haiti of these detainees on November 3 and 8, 2016, despite the devastation wrought by hurricane Matthew a few weeks earlier. DHS is detaining as many as 4000 of these detainees throughout the United States in a few dozen facilities remote from available attorneys and interpreters and is deporting them to Haiti in violation of their rights at an estimated rate of about 270 per week. Among many other steps, IJDH has created the Haiti Deportations Response Network (HDRN) to recruit volunteer attorneys and interpreters to address the crisis. Relevant articles are below. Calls for re-designating TPS (and expanding HFRP) after Hurricane Matthew are HERE. ————————————————–Trump administration circulates more draft immigration restrictions, The Washington Post, January 31, 2017.Haitians in US dreading deportation, Caribbean 360, January 26, 2017Miami-Dade mayor orders jails to comply with Trump crackdown on sanctuary communities , Miami-Herald, January 26, 2017.Trump’s immigration order expands the definition of “criminal”, The New York Times, January 26, 2017President Donald Trump to publish weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants , Independent (UK), January 26, 2017Haitians Alarmed by Renewed Deportations as Trump Era Looms, Refugees Deeply, December 7, 2016.U.S. increasing number of deportations to Haiti, Miami Herald, November 23, 2016US releases Haitians coming from Mexico, Associated Press, November 17, 2016.US Government Quietly resumes deportations in Haiti, Miami Herald, Nov. 8, 2016.Humanitarian Crisis on US Border: Haitians Stranded by Policy, News Deeply. November 8, 2016After stay of Haitian deportation policy, local leaders encouraged, but still fighting, Miami Herald, Oct. 12, 2016Deportation to a disaster zone: Obama under pressure to stop crackdown on Haitian migrants after Hurricane Matthew, Salon, Oct. 7, 2016U.S. tightens immigration policy on undocumented Haitians – Humanosphere, September 26, 2016Haitians, After Perilous Journey, Find Door to U.S. Abruptly Shut, The New York Times, September 23, 2016Temporary Protected Status Extended for Haitians — March 3, 2014Temporary Protected Status Re-registration Period Extended for Haitian Nationals — December 27, 2012Estati Pwoteksyon Tanporè Peryòd Re-enskripsyon an Pwolonje pou Sitwayen Ayisyen yo — December 27, 2012Hastings Renews Call for Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program — October 4, 2012Haitians displaced by quake will be allowed to stay in U.S. an extra 18 months — September 25, 2012Sad Haitian Tragedy Calls For U.S. Immigration Fix — June 15, 2012Lawmakers Cast Symbolic Vote for Haitians — February 13, 201287 U.S. Congresspersons including Senators Kerry, Cardin, Durbin and Gillibrand Urge President Obama to create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program — December 15, 2011Time for Action on Humanitarian Parole (Boston Haitian Reporter) — October 7, 2011Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians is extended and re-designated! — May 23, 2011Press Release: Haitian TPS Extended and Redesignated (IJDH) — May 17, 2011Deportations Loom as Deadline for Haitians Nears (Associated Press) — December 20, 2010Justice Close to Home — December 16, 2010US Grants Threatened Haitian Reporter Asylum (Voice of America) — October 1, 2010Feds extend registration for Haitian program for 6 months — July 14, 2010Eligible Haitians will have more time to apply for temporary protected status — July 12, 2010US extends relief for illegal Haitian immigrants — July 12, 2010President Obama could rapidly aid Haitian immigration seekers — June 26, 2010Deadline nears for Haitians’ deportation reprieve — June 11, 2010U.S. may extend deadline for Haitian TPS — June 3, 2010Haiti Remittances Key to Earthquake Recovery — May 17, 2010A Haitian Influx Startles the North Country — May 14, 2010Immigration reform needed for U.S. economy and for Haiti quake relief — May 7, 2010Haitian Immigration Pro Bono Project Launched Today — May 5, 2010New Site Supports Pro Bono Immigration Efforts for Haitians — May 5, 2010City’s Haitian Immigrants File For TPS — April 26, 2010Haitians seek refuge, face uncertainty — April 23, 2010TPS filings only trickle in; estimate of 200,000 is cut — April 9, 2010Helping Haitians to Work — March 20, 2010Immigration Offer Draws Few Haitians — March 16, 2010Seventy international, national, and local organizations, joined by three individuals, wrote DHS Sec. Napolitano today urging broad Haitian immigration relief. The letter was organized by the Washington, D.C. office of Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) — March 12, 201028,000 Haitians in U.S. Seek Protected Status — March 5, 201028,000 Haitians in U.S.seek protected status — March 5, 2010Archbishop Favalora calls for temporary protected status for Haitians — February 2, 2010Information from Senator Gillibrand’s Office for Haitians in the U.S. — February 2, 2010The U.S. Should Welcome Haitians In — January 29, 2010John C. Favalora calls for TPS to be granted — January 28, 2010Stop Deportations to Haiti – Send a letter to President Obama — January 28, 2010Please send an email to the White House today — January 28, 2010School of Law students help Haitian immigrants apply for temporary protected status — January 27, 2010200,000 Haitian migrants could file for Temporary Protected Status — January 21, 2010Half-Hour for Haiti: Responding to Haiti’s Devastation, Part II — January 16, 2010Undocumented Haitians: We Can’t Send Them Back — January 15, 2010Miami Herald Op-Ed 1/15/10 — January 15, 2010Help Haitians Help Haiti — January 15, 2010EDITORIAL: Grant Haitian immigrants Temporary Protected Status — January 15, 2010Averting Chaos in Haiti — January 15, 2010US May Grant Undocumented Hatians Legal Status — January 14, 2010U.S. Senate Member Dick Lugar is calling on the Secretary of the DHS to grant TPS for 18 months to Haitian immigrants — January 14, 2010U.S. may grant undocumented Haitians legal status — January 14, 2010Ten Things the United States Can and Should Do for Haiti — January 14, 2010Reach out to Haiti: The epic disaster befalling one of the world’s poorest nations demands a global response. — January 14, 2010Rescuing Haiti — January 14, 2010Please help Haitians by asking President Obama and Congress to grant Haitians in the U.S. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) — January 14, 2010New York Times Editorial: Haiti — January 14, 2010Lugar calls for granting Temporary Protective Status (TPS) to Haitians — January 14, 2010Haiti’s pain: Stricken nation will need ongoing help — January 14, 2010Help Emigrants Aid Haiti — January 14, 2010EDITORIAL: Grant Haitian immigrants Temporary Protected Status — January 14, 2010Kirsten Gillibrand urges help for Haitians — January 13, 2010Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Matt Chandler — January 13, 2010Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Urges Help for Haitians — January 13, 2010U.S. to Halt Deportations of Undocumented Haitians due to Earthquake — January 13, 2010Let Haitian Immigrants Work in Dignity — December 19, 2009Is racism behind treatment of Haitians? — November 2, 2009HAITI LIBERTE Vol. 3, No. 15 — October 28, 2009Haitians Impatient with Obama over TPS — October 28, 2009Haitians shouldn’t be left in limbo — October 26, 2009Haitian activists want Obama to address immigration goals — October 26, 2009Hastings’ Amendment Passes House — October 26, 2009Haitian Activists want Obama to Address Immigration Goals — October 26, 2009Haitians Shouldn’t be Left in Limbo — October 24, 2009Let the Haitians Stay — October 11, 2009Haitians Up Pressure for Special Immigration Status — October 11, 2009Undocumented Haitian Immigrants Need Relief, East Bay Advocates Say — September 17, 2009Let the Haitians Stay — September 15, 2009Haitians Up Pressure for Special Immigration Status — September 15, 2009Clinton should use center stage to boost Haitian TPS effort — August 8, 2009National Bar Association Urges President Obama to Immediately Grant TPS — August 7, 2009Half-Hour for Haiti: Ask Bill Clinton to Help Free Political Prisoners in Haiti Too! — August 6, 2009Obama: No rushing changes to Cuba policy, Haiti immigration laws — July 27, 2009Lesson on Immigration — July 26, 2009Six Months Into Obama Administration And No TPS Yet For Haitians — July 22, 2009South Florida lawmakers call for granting special status to Haiti — June 23, 2009It’s time to help Haiti — June 23, 2009300 Rally for Haitian TPS Outside White House — June 4, 2009Half-Hour for Haiti: Call The White House Today to Urge Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians Now! — April 29, 2009Time to Deal With Haiti — April 21, 2009Hope for Haitians? Immigrants from the storm-ravaged island should be allowed to stay in the United States. — March 30, 2009Editorial — March 10, 2009Haiti’s Despair, Continued — March 10, 2009UN expert urges US government not to deport thousands of migrants back to hurricane-hit Haiti — March 6, 2009UN expert urges US not to deport thousands back to hurricane-ravaged Haiti — March 6, 2009Justice for Haitians in the U.S.- Steve Forester on TPS — March 5, 2009U.S. will continue to deport Haitians — March 5, 2009Justice for Haitians in the U.S. — March 5, 2009U.S. will Continue to Deport Haitians — March 5, 2009U.S. Discriminatory Policies Towards Haitians (URL) — February 28, 2009Haitians Look for Shift in Immigration Policy — February 28, 2009South Florida Rally: TPS for Haitians Now! — February 28, 2009Haitians Look for Shift on Immigration Policy — February 28, 2009US Discriminatory Immigration Policies Toward Haitians — February 28, 2009Why the U.S. Government should IMMEDIATELY halt deportations to Haiti: — February 28, 2009Stop Deportations Now Fact Sheet — February 27, 2009U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Responds on TPS for Haiti — February 25, 2009U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Responds on TPS for Haiti — February 25, 2009Haitian Deportations: Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network Letter to Department of Homeland Security — February 23, 2009Letter to Department of Homeland Security Demanding Equal Rights for Haitians — February 23, 2009Haiti, Venezuela Pose Early Tests for Obama Administration — February 20, 2009Haitian Deportations Slide Under Obama’s Radar (Miami Herald) — January 29, 2009Commentary: Haitians snubbed again in bid for TPS — January 8, 2009Haiti Policy Statement for the Obama Team — January 1, 2009Inhumane to deport Haitians — December 29, 2008IDB helps, ICE hurts Haiti— December 17, 2008U.S. resumes deportation flights to Haiti — December 9, 2008No good reason not to give Haiti TPS — October 30, 2008Help for Haiti — October 12, 2008Providing a Non-Discriminatory Shelter From the Storm — October 6, 2008President of Haiti asks U.S. to postpone return of deportees — October 5, 2008Haiti says it can’t accept U.S. deportees: Storm damage has crippled island nation, leader says — October 5, 2008Change That Haiti Can Believe In, Part II: Haitian Diaspora Considers Immigration Policy in Storms’ Wake — October 3, 2008Half Hour For Haiti: Temporary Protected Status for Haitians! — October 1, 2008Do more for Haiti, some lawmakers ask — September 24, 2008Deportations to Haiti halted temporarily — September 20, 2008Meek: Let Haitians stay in the U.S. — September 13, 2008Haitians seek temporary halt to deportations — September 12, 2008Be a good neighbor to Caribbean — September 10, 2008Remittances are too low — September 6, 2008Help for a neighbor — May 10, 2008Congresswoman Waters Urges President to Help Haiti, (Press Release — April 30, 2008OAS calls for urgent assistance for Haiti — April 11, 2008Help for Haiti The U.S. should temporarily stop deportations. — April 2, 2008Reprieve for a beleaguered Haiti — March 16, 2008How to Help our Needy Neighbor — March 8, 2008A Prayerful Request for U.S. to Help Haiti — March 1, 2008Half-Hour for Haiti: Equal Treatment for Haitians in U.S. — May 9, 2007Haitians’ deaths at sea further fuels immigration debate in U.S. — May 9, 2007Congressman Hastings Responds to Decision to Grant TPS for Nicaraguans, Hondurans and Salvadorans, But Not Haitians (press release) — May 3, 2007Half-Hour for Haiti: Celebrate, then Write — April 19, 2007Half-Hour for Haiti: Fairness for Haitians in the U.S. — April 12, 2007Half-Hour for Haiti: Call Your Rep. to Support Debt Cancellation! — March 15, 2007Half-Hour for Haiti: Support Fair Treatment for Haitians in the U.S. — January 24, 2007Haitians Insist On Right To Asylum In U.S., – February 8, 2006Policy is `white-foot, black-foot’ — February 5, 2006Haitians Facing Deportation Seek Special Visa — January 20, 2006
