WASHINGTON Pro-migrant advocates, including Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry, hailed Democratic President Joe Biden’s decision to reverse a Trump-era expulsion order, which will now allow up to 150,000 Haitians who fled natural disasters and the Caribbean nation’s continuing crises c.
DHS secretary makes unexpected visit to Miami after protecting Haitians from deportation Jacqueline Charles and Michael Wilner, The Miami Herald
May 26 Seven months after President Joe Biden promised to review his predecessor s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for nearly 60,000 Haitians in the United States if elected, his top immigration official came to Miami Tuesday to tout his making good on his word.
Visiting the Little Haiti Cultural Complex in Miami, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met with dozens of Haitian community activists and South Florida leaders for over an hour. During the meeting, he discussed the Biden administration s announcement over the weekend to provide protected status to more than 100,000 Haitians currently in the U.S., and heard the the community s concerns.
By: Service Employees International Union
May 24, 2021
On the heels of the Biden administration’s decision to redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Mary Kay Henry, International President of the two million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will host an immigration roundtable discussion with 32BJ SEIU’s airport workers at National Airport (DCA).
Many of the workers from Washington D.C., Philadelphia, PA, New York City, NY, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Newark, NJ, have TPS, which allows immigrants fleeing civil strife and natural disaster to live and work in the U.S. legally without fear of deportation. SEIU may have as many as 20,000 members with TPS, many of whom have lived here for decades.
Morning Notes arlnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arlnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Targeted News Service targetednews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from targetednews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.