Immigration

Haitian Family unit Reunification Parole Program

DHS Creates a Haitian Family Reunification Program

In January 2010, afterwards Haiti'southward devastating earthquake, DHS designated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (which IJDH had long urged), protecting well-nigh Haitians from deportation and granting them work let eligibility. IJDH then began a campaign for cosmos of a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program (HFRP), to save lives and assist Haiti recover by generating remittances, winning extensive editorial and political back up (Whorl Downward for links to over eighty items).  Our entrada succeeded on October 17, 2014, when DHS announced it would implement an HFRP in early on 2015 to expedite the entry into the U.S. of approved beneficiaries whose visas are within two years of becoming current. Every bit of June 30, 2016, i,952 beneficiaries had succeeded under HFRP, which began in March 2015 and now covers beneficiaries inside three years of getting their visas. We seek to expand HFRP's coverage to include all DHS-approved beneficiaries in Haiti, many of whom are on wait lists of upwardly to xiii years (non just three), and nosotros closely monitor its implementation to aid ensure its maximum effectiveness.

For recent developments, see the items cited on this page.

  • Fact Sheet, "Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program,"The states Citizenship and Immigration Services ,March 2015
  • "Promise for Haitian Families Under New U.S. Immigration Plan," by Tricia McCarter,Stiff Mag, March 17, 2014
  • Editorial, "Finally, Mr. President…," Miami Herald, Oct 20, 2014
  • "Obama ignores Haitian family unit reunification," by Steven Forester and Marleine Bastien,Miami Herald,Oct 15, 2014
  • "Advocates, Florida delegation button immigration program to help rebuild Haiti," past Chris Adams,McClatchy DC, September sixteen, 2014 (Miami Herald, September 17, 2014)
  • African-American Baptist Convention Presidents Urge President to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Program, September 5, 2014
  • NAACP urges President to include creation of a Haitian Family Reunification Program in his soonhoped-for-announced executive deportment, Baronial 26, 2014
  • 43 Haitian Diaspora Groups and thirty Political, Religious and Other Leaders Urge President to Finally Create a Haitian Family Reunification Program, August fifteen, 2014
  • 73 Haitian American Diaspora Groups and Leaders Urge President Obama to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program — August 18, 2014
  • U.South. Rep. Frederica S. Wilson Champions Haitian Family Reunification! — August four, 2014
  • Bipartisan Leaders Urge Expedited Haitian Family unit Reunification — June v, 2014
  • "Create plan for Haitians equal to one for Cubans," by Archbishop of Miami Thomas G. Wenski, urging immediate cosmos of a Haitian Family unit Reunification Parole Program,South Florida Sun-Scout, May 31, 2014
  • 63 U.Due south. Representatives Strongly Urge President to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Program, May 30, 2014
  • Congresswoman Wilson leads endeavour to reunite Haitians families,The Miami Times, May i, 2014
  • Five U.South. Representatives Urge President to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Programme and Asking a Meeting with Him on this "Much-Needed Action", April 28, 2014
  • Letter to the Editor: "Create long-delayed Haitian family reunification program," past Marleine Bastien and Steven Forester, Miami Herald, January 28, 2014
  • Editorial: "Out of the rubble: Rebuilding is replacing recovery, only serious challenges remain," Miami Herald, January 12, 2014 (last ii paragraphs)
  • "Why Some Haitians Are Still Waiting on Family-based Visas to Come to the US," reported by Amy Bracken, "PRI's The World," on National Public Radio, September 18, 2013
  • Miami Dade County Committee Unanimously Urges President Obama to "Immediately Found a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Programme," September 4, 2013
  • "How Obama has failed Haitian families," by Steven Forester and Marleine Bastien, MSNBC'southward theGrio, August 1, 2013
  • Reunit­ing Hait­ian fam­i­lies in U.S. an easy fix for Obama, by Steven Forester and Marleine Bastien, Miami Her­ald , Jan­u­ary 12, 2013
  • NAACP Urges Pres­i­dent to Cre­ate a Hait­ian Fam­ily Reuni­fi­ca­tion Parole Pro­gram, let­ter from Wash­ing­ton Bureau Direc­tor& Senior Vice Pres­i­dent for Advo­cacy and Pol­icy Hilary O. Shel­ton, Jan­u­ary eleven, 2013
  • U.S. Con­gress­man Alcee Hast­ings again urges Pres­i­dent Obama to Cre­ate a Hait­ian Fam­ily Reuni­fi­ca­tion Parole Pro­gram, State­ment on Three-Twelvemonth Convulse Anniver­sary, Jan­u­ary eleven, 2013
  • Hast­ings on the Third Anniver­sary of Haiti Earthquake — Jan 11, 2013
  • Centre for Global Development:  Why Wait? – Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Plan before Inauguration Day (3rd video), November 12, 2012
  • Haitians Displaced past convulse volition exist allowed to stay in U.Southward. an actress xviii months,Miami Herald, September 24, 2012
  • U.South. Rep. Hastings Again Urges President to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, Oct 4, 2012
  • American Bar Association Urges Cosmos of a Haitian Family unit Reunification Parole Program, August 9, 2012
  • What the Obama Immigration Shift Means for Haitians,Haitian Times, July 12, 2012
  • U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings Urges President to Create A Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, July 11, 2012
  • A Joint Argument Concerning Haitian Deportations From The United states; 20th Session Of the Human being Rights Council Oral Argument Regarding The Report of the Independent Practiced On The Situation Of Human Rights In Haiti, Michel Forst, Concerning Forced Returns Of Haitians From Third States, July 3, 2012
  • Haitians in Miami urge Obama to permit family come to U.Southward. on parole visa program,Miami Herald,June 26, 2012
  • Editorial: Brand Families Whole: President Obama should admit visa-canonical Haitians to the U.Due south. – now,Miami Herald ,June 26, 2012
  • Editorial: Don't Make Eligible Haitians Wait,Long Island Newsday, June 26, 2012
  • Haitians in Miami Urge Obama to let family come to U.S. on parole visa program-With the president in town, Haitian advocates took the opportunity to speak up on an immigration result that has preoccupied the grouping since the earthquake ravaged the country in 2010,Miami Herald, June 26,2012
  • Haitian-Americans Call on Obama to Facilitate Legal Migration,defend.ht, June 26, 2012
  • Even After Obama's Immigration Policy Change, Haitian families' Dreams Deferred,TheGrio, June xviii, 2012
  • U.S. Briefing of Mayors Urges the President To Immediately Instruct The UsDepartment Of Homeland Security To Initiate A Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, June sixteen, 2012
  • Sad Haitian Tragedy Calls For U.S. Clearing Prepare,Miami Herald,June fifteen, 2012
  • Rep. Forry and Coalition Surpass Goal, Submitting More half dozen,000 Petitions for Haitian Families — June 6, 2012
  • 6,000-plus Persons Petition President to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, June 6, 2012
  • Haitian-American Professionals Express "frustration and disappointment" at President'southward Inaction on Haitian Family Reunification, June 3, 2012
  • Radio WLRN Miami Herald Newson "Haitian-American leaders ask Obama to speed upwards visa process" — May 28, 2012 (Read more here)
  • New York City Council Joins Chorus Urging a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program  — March 2, 2012
  • New York City Council Urges President to Create a Haitian Family unit Reunification Parole Programme, February 29, 2012
  • Lawmakers Cast Symbolic Vote for Haitians – The Florida Senate departed from its relative silence on clearing issues Monday, passing a memorial that encourages the federal government to ease travel restrictions for Haitians looking to come to the United States,Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau,February 13, 2012
  • Republic of haiti earthquake ii years later: Homeland Security has failed Haitian Families,TheGrio, Jan 12, 2012
  • The Haitian Migration: Desire to help the hundreds of thousands of Haitians still suffering from the 2010 convulsion? Let some of them into the United States,New America Foundation,January nine, 2012
  • No Time to Despair, OUR OPINION: Haiti'south Progress has been ho-hum, only Improvements are Underway,Miami Heraldeditorial, January 9, 2012
  • Letter Urging expedited Haitian Family Reunification and Extending low-skilled temporary worker visas to Haitians (Past Nelson and Rubio, Florida's U.S. Senators and vi other FL delegation members), Congress of the United States, December 22, 2011
  • Letter of the alphabet Urging the President to Create a Haitian FRPP or Start prompt paroles (By Kerry, Durbin, Cardin and Grillibrand, U.South. Senators and 87 U.S. Representatives),Congress of the United States, December 15, 2011
  • National Haitian American Elected Officials Network (NHAEON) urges the President to expedite Haitian family reunification, November 14, 2011
  • Mass­a­chu­setts' Country Black and Latino Leg­isla­tive Cau­cus Urges DHS Sec­re­tary Napoli­tano to Cre­ate a Hait­ian Fam­ily Reuni­fi­ca­tion Parole Pro­gram to Relieve Lives and Help Republic of haiti Recover (IJDH) — Novem­ber 4, 2011
  • Mass­a­chu­setts' Con­gres­sional Lead­ers Urge DHS Sec­re­tary Napoli­tano to Save Lives and Help Haiti by Reuni­fy­ing Hait­ian Fam­i­lies (IJDH) — Octo­ber 26, 2011
  • Massachusetts' U.S. Senators and Representatives urge DHS Secretary Napolitano to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, October 25, 2011
  • Fourth dimension for Action on Humanitarian Parole,Boston Haitian Reporter, Oct seven, 2011
  • Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program to Help Haiti Recover. End the Double Standard — September 29, 2011
  • Mass. Gov. Patrick Urges DHS Sec. Napolitano to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program to Help Haiti Recover, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, September 22, 2011
  • Migration every bit a Tool for Disaster Recovery: A Case written reporton U.S. Policy Options for Mail-Earthquake Haiti, by Royce Bernstein Murray and Sarah Petrin Williamson, Centre for Global Development. — June 6, 2011
  • Philadelphia Metropolis Council Urges the Obama Administration to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program to Assist Republic of haiti Recover, Salve Lives, and End a Double Standard, The Council of the city of Philadelphia, Apr 28, 2011
  • How to Help Haiti,Chicago Tribune editorial, November xviii, 2010
  • Visa Programme Would Help Haitians and Haiti,Newsday editorial, September 27, 2010
  • Video of IJDH Immigration Advocacy Coordinator Steven Forester speaking on "Race, Corporate Interests, and Politics of the U.Southward. Clearing System" at the National Lawyers' Guild annual briefing in New Orleans. — September 26, 2010
  • President Obama Should Implement the "Almost Effective Way" to Aid Haiti Recover, Steven Forester,Dorchester Reporter, September 8, 2010
  • Obama Administration Should Deed to Speed Haiti Visas,New Jersey Star-Ledger editorial, Baronial 10, 2010
  • Haitian immigrants need expedited entry,San Antonio Express editorial, July 22, 2010
  • Helping Haitians Assist Themselves,Los Angeles Times editorial, July 21, 2010
  • Haiti: Expedite Visas for Family unit Members,Boston Globe editorial, July 17, 2010
  • 2-page summary prepared for Congress outlining our position and support for immediately paroling the then 55,000 (now estimated 105,000) approved beneficiaries and for giving U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services the legal authority, now lacking, to entertain and grant individual applications to waive the required $305 fee to apply for humanitarian parole based on urgent medical or other needs. — July 12, 2010
  • Helping the Haitians,Philadelphia Inquirer editorial, July ii, 2010
  • President Obama Could Rapidly Aid Haitian Asylum Seekers,Washington Mail service editorial, June 26, 2010
  • U.Southward. Conference of Mayors Urges the President to Create a Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, June 14, 2010
  • Letter of the alphabet to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano signed by 75 organizations, March 12, 2010
  • To End Haiti's Despair,Miami Herald, March 28, 2010
  • U.South. Must Pb in Haiti's Recovery,Miami Herald editorial, March 22, 2010
  • Letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano from U.S. House Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, and Clearing Subcommittee Chairpersons John Conyers, Howard Berman, and Zoe Lofgren; Congressional Black Caucus Whip Rep. Yvette Clark; Southward Florida Republican Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, and Mario Diaz-Balart; and Representative Anh Cao (R La), March eight, 2010
  • Allow Haitians Join Relatives in U.S.: Speed the Visas for Earthquake Victims,New Jersey Star-Ledger editorial, Feb xiii, 2010
  • The U.Southward. Should Welcome Haitians In,Washington Mail service editorial, January 29, 2010
  • What Haiti Needs: A Haitian Diaspora, Elliot Abrams Op-Ed,Washington Post, January 22, 2010