Catastrophe in Haiti Overshadows National Security Stumbles
America’s Most Forgotten: The Victims of Illegal Alien Crime
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Posted on 01/21/2010 7:44:25 AM PST by SkyPilot
Federal immigration officials predict that up to 200,000 Haitians could apply for Temporary Protected Status, which would keep them from being deported. Applications will be accepted starting Thursday.
achardy@ElNuevoHerald.com
The Obama administration is preparing to handle applications from as many as 200,000 undocumented Haitian immigrants who want to live and work legally in the United States under a new immigration program unveiled last week in the aftermath of Haiti's destructive earthquake.
The federal government will begin accepting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications on Thursday, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas, whose agency will process the paperwork.
Mayorkas was in Miami Wednesday to meet with local immigrant aid groups to South Florida to talk about the daunting task of handling the likely blizzard of applications from Haitians seeking the opportunity to remain in the United States.
Administration officials approved TPS for Haitians last week as part of an effort to help Haiti recover from the earthquake that left an estimated 200,000 people dead and about 1.5 million homeless.
The TPS designation is reserved for selected undocumented migrants from countries disrupted by natural disasters, armed conflicts or other emergencies.
Those Haitians approved will be allowed to stay in the United States for 18 months and be issued work permits to find jobs.
To be approved, Haitian immigrants must submit proof of Haitian citizenship and must show they were in the United States before Jan. 12 -- the day the devastating earthquake struck Haiti.
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Catastrophe in Haiti Overshadows National Security Stumbles
America’s Most Forgotten: The Victims of Illegal Alien Crime
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“vacant housing in Tampa .... More affirmative action mortgages”..
ATLANTA is also full of vacant homes and businesses since the Mexicans have gone home till our economic squeeze is over.
There is also an upcomimg census so this will be a “repopulating” of key RED areas.
Agreed , repopulating red areas demographic warfare.
Florida voting rolls. What else.
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