Why We Must Think Beyond TPS for Haiti and Other Failed States
Posted by Ira Mehlman | May 17, 2017
In the next several weeks the Department of Homeland Security will have to decide whether to extend, yet again, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians living the U.S. Haitians were first granted TPS in 2010, following a devastating earthquake that hit the country. Seven and half years later that status is still in place and advocates and “humanitarian” organizations are lobbying hard to grant Haitians another 18 months’ stay in this country.
In a letter to DHS Secretary John Kelly, 35 self-described humanitarian groups make their case for why Haitian nationals should not be required to return home. They note that since the January 2010 earthquake, Haiti’s woes have been compounded by Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm that hit the country last October. But that’s not all. According to the letter, some 1.5 million Haitians “face high levels of food insecurity” and “an additional 1.65 million are at risk of cholera infection.” Then there’s the poverty and violence that plague the country. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Forty percent of households are headed by women and domestic violence affects a quarter of the female population.
http://immigrationreform.com/2017/05/17/why-we-must-think-beyond-tps-for-haiti-and-other-failed-states/
