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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Haitian President Rene Preval says his storm-ravaged country will no longer be able to accept U.S. deportees. For the first time, he publicly called on the Bush administration to allow undocumented Haitians living in the United States to remain in the US until their homeland recovers. Preval noted this is the occasion for the United States administration to put in place for Haitians the benefit of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS has already been granted to other countries in the region such as El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. Following Hurricane Mitch in 1998, Washington granted the Central American countries TPS. Four storms this year wrecked Haiti, leaving destruction and hundreds dead. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month temporarily halted deportations to Haiti but said it would review its decision on a day-to-day basis.
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