Maine immigration advocates warned that hundreds of people living in Maine to escape wars, gang violence and natural disasters would have faced deportation within weeks had the administration terminated their legal protections.
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Hundreds of Haitians in Maine face potential deportation as Trump administration ends legal protections
The country has been under temporary protected status since 2010, a designation that allows people to stay and work in the U.S. if their home country is deemed unsafe due to war or natural disaster, both of which Haiti has faced in recent years.
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Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives
More than 2,500 people have been killed or injured across Haiti in the first three months of the year as gang violence continues to surge.
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Young missionary couple from U.S. among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti’s capital, family says
The slayings occurred as Haiti’s capital crumbles under the relentless assault of violent gangs that control 80% of Port-au-Prince.
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Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power
It’s hoped that political change will help quell the gang violence that has killed thousands.
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A journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights group details gang toll
A Haitian human rights group has released a new report that details the horrific violence unleashed this year by gangs amid a political vacuum.
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Haiti’s transitional council signals its creation is nearly complete
The council members pledged to ‘execute a clear action plan aimed at restoring public and democratic order.’
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For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return
Haitian Bridge Alliance has been contacting immigrants in the United States and Canada and finding many have family trapped in gang warfare, said Guerline Jozef, the advocacy group’s executive director.
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Looting is on the rise in Haiti. Among the victims: UNICEF and Guatemala’s consul
Looting and overall violence has further cut some of the country’s most vulnerable from basic supplies.
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Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it
The Caribbean country has been overrun by gangs. The violence has closed schools and businesses and disrupted daily life across Haiti.