Protest Outside NY Immigration Office to Stop Deportations of 30,000 Haitians

Haitian organizations held a demonstration outside the offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York. They are calling on the Obama administration to immediately grant Temporary Protected Status to the 30,000 undocumented Haitians in the United States who are currently threatened with deportation back to Haiti.

Earlier this year, the Bush administration refused to grant Haitians the status, which allows them to live and work legally in the country. The request was made to delay the deportations until Haiti recovers from a string of deadly summer storms.

Meanwhile, in Haiti, A UN Security Council delegation recently praised the party of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide for fighting to overturn the disqualification of its Senate candidates. The Haitian government had barred members of the Lavalas Party from running in next month’s Senate elections for largely technical reasons.

The ruling came days before the fifth anniversary of the US-backed coup that led to Aristide’s ouster. Several thousand Haitians staged a protest to mark the day and to call for the return of Aristide to Haiti without conditions. Aristide has been living in exile in South Africa since 2004.



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