{"id":2285475,"date":"2024-06-28T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-shields-up-to-309000-haitian-immigrants-from-deportation-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T15:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:48:04","slug":"biden-shields-up-to-309000-haitian-immigrants-from-deportation-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-shields-up-to-309000-haitian-immigrants-from-deportation-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden shields up to 309,000 Haitian immigrants from deportation &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-shields-up-to-309000-haitian-immigrants-from-deportation-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration \u2062has \u2062decided \u200dto extend deportation \u200dprotections for approximately 309,000 Haitian immigrants under the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) program\u2063 until \u200dFebruary 3,\u200b 2026. This decision,\u2063 announced by the\u200c U.S. \u2064Citizenship and Immigration Services, follows the ongoing dire conditions in Haiti that include severe\u200d violence, food and water scarcities,\u200d limited \u2062healthcare access, and high unemployment\u2014all exacerbated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-now-signed-52-executive-orders-and-actions-in-first-20-days-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden Has Now Signed 52 Executive Orders And Actions In First 20 Days In Office\">criminal gangs<\/a> gaining control \u2063after the 2010 earthquake. Secretary Mayorkas of the Department of Homeland Security affirmed\u200c this extension, \u200dstating it aligns with \u200bU.S.\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-walks-away-when-asked-about-the-sacrifices-hes-asking-american-workers-to-make-as-he-kills-thousands-of-jobs-video\/\" title=\"Biden Walks Away When Asked About the Sacrifices He\u2019s Asking American Workers to Make as He Kills Thousands of Jobs (VIDEO)\">national interests<\/a> and addresses the \u2062sustained adverse conditions in Haiti. Advocates\u200b and politicians, like\u2064 Aaron Reichlin-Melnick from the American Immigration Council\u2063 and Senator Edward Markey, have supported this move, highlighting it as a\u2062 crucial response to the\u2064 humanitarian crisis in Haiti. This designation allows eligible Haitian nationals to remain in the U.S. \u200dwithout fear of deportation and to obtain \u200cwork permits until the specified cutoff date.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Biden administration will renew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>deportation<\/a> protections for up to 309,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cuts-off-emergency-military-funding-for-border-wall-calls-trumps-declaration-unwarranted\/\" title=\"Biden cuts off emergency military funding for border wall, calls Trump\u2019s declaration \u2018unwarranted\u2019\">000 illegal immigrants<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/haiti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Haiti<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Department of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a notice in the Federal Register Friday that it would renew the 18-month Temporary Protection Status for Haitian citizens in the United States through Feb. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After consultation with interagency partners, Secretary Mayorkas determined on June 3, 2024, that an 18-month extension and redesignation of Haiti for TPS is warranted because conditions that support Haiti&rsquo;s designation are ongoing and that doing so was not contrary to the national interest of the United States,&rdquo; the DHS wrote in a statement Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Caribbean country has faced severe violence following a 2010 earthquake, as well as severely limited access to food, water, healthcare, and jobs, as criminal gangs have taken control over much of the country. Haiti was first designated for TPS following the 2010 earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director for the American Immigration Council in Washington, said in a post on X the situation in Haiti has become dire, and the Biden administration&rsquo;s decision not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-runs-out-of-gas\/\" title=\"Biden Runs Out of Gas\">repatriate illegal immigrants<\/a> to Haiti was the precise type of situation that TPS was intended for.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) also applauded the Biden administration for renewing TPS for Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Haitian people continue to face extraordinary threats of violence in their country, and the federal government also must halt deportations by air and sea,&rdquo; said Markey in a statement Friday afternoon. &ldquo;This humanitarian action will prevent further suffering and ensure Haitian families are free to remain in the United States until it is safe for them to return home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The conditions in Haiti have forced hundreds of thousands of Haitian citizens to flee to other countries, including the U.S., Mexico, and nations in Central America and South America.<\/p>\n<p>Haitian citizens may apply for the first time or renew their TPS status to be safe from deportation and gain permits to work in the U.S. through the 2026 cutoff date. Although roughly 309,000 Haitian citizens in the country are eligible, not all may choose to apply or be approved. Applicants must have been living in the U.S. before June 3 to be eligible.<\/p>\n<p>The number of Haitian citizens eligible to apply for TPS has increased significantly since former President Donald Trump took office in 2017, from 46,000 to 309,000.<\/p>\n<p>Early on in the Trump administration, the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1534103\/dhs-to-extend-deportation-protection-program-for-citizens-of-six-countries-into-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>threatened<\/a> to end TPS for several countries.<\/p>\n<p>Trump criticized his predecessors for renewing national memberships every 18 months in the TPS program, which allows illegal immigrants from specific countries to remain in the country and work because the home country is unstable as a result of political or environmental problems. Trump said crises in those countries that began 20 and 30 years ago could not still affect its ability to take back its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Trump administration renewed TPS designations for most participating countries in 2019, including Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Although the administration tried to rescind some, it was blocked in court from doing so. In other cases, it continued the years-old programs because conditions in those countries had not dramatically improved.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has continued to renew most countries&rsquo; destinations since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Congress created TPS in 1990 as a way to help countries that had been seriously harmed by armed conflict, famine, or natural disaster from having to repatriate citizens deported from the U.S. TPS status can be requested from the U.S. government by the countries at any time. If approved, its citizens in the U.S. could apply for 18-month reprieves from deportation and permits to work.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration, through the Department of Homeland Security, will extend deportation protections for nearly 309,000 Haitian immigrants. This renewal of the 18-month Temporary Protection Status, detailed in a Federal Register notice by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, will last until February 3, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2285476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/haiti-tps-biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,6184,33233,8492,32076],"class_list":["post-2285475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-deportation","tag-haitian-immigrants","tag-shields","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/haiti-tps-biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2285475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2285475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2285475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2285475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2285475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}