US Republican Senator Marco Rubio (Florida), presented to the Congress a law inviting the Department of Homeland Security to grant a further 18-month extension of Temporary Protection Status (TPS) to Haitian immigrants.

Recall that the Trump administration announced in 2017 its intention to remove the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for immigrants from 6 countries, including Haiti https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22759-haiti-flash-tps-more-than-50-000-haitians-will-have-to-leave-the-usa.html . Since then, two federal district courts have issued preliminary injunctions stipulating that Haitian immigrants should not lose their Temporary Protection Status https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27463-haiti-flash-2nd-victory-of-the-diaspora-against-trump-and-the-expulsion-of-haitians.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27066-haiti-flash-diaspora-victory-against-trump-the-dhs-extends-the-tps-for-haiti.html

“As you know, conditions in Haiti remain volatile as the government and people have yet to fully recover from a series of natural disasters and an intervening public health epidemic causing extraordinary conditions for the government and the public of Haiti," Rubio writes in a letter sent Monday to Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) adding that a visit to Haiti last March https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27241-haiti-politic-republican-senator-marco-antonio-rubio-meets-jovenel-moses.html convinced him that the Caribbean was unable to absorb a "large number of returnees at this time." recalling that Haitians enjoy a temporary protection status the devastating earthquake of 2010, which has made more than 300,000 victims and displaced 1.5 million people The recovery was also slowed by a cholera epidemic and the damage caused by including Hurricane Matthew in 2016.

"New Haitian leadership has provided the United States with a renewed opportunity to empower its people to advance our shared principles of freedom and democracy and to ultimately rebuild a stronger and even more resilient Haiti," Rubio writes in his letter adding "We must remain committed to those principles and stand with our neighbors in Haiti as they tackle their challenges."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27463-haiti-flash-2nd-victory-of-the-diaspora-against-trump-and-the-expulsion-of-haitians.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-27372-icihaiti-politic-3-us-official-visits-since-1-month.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27241-haiti-politic-republican-senator-marco-antonio-rubio-meets-jovenel-moise.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27066-haiti-flash-diaspora-victory-against-trump-the-dhs-extends-the-tps-for-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23316-haiti-flash-usa-ultimate-reregistration-to-tps-you-have-60-days.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22759-haiti-flash-tps-more-than-50-000-haitians-will-have-to-leave-the-usa.html

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