The Biden administration issued an order on Friday that prevents thousands of illegal immigrants from Haiti from being deported. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the move was over humanitarian concerns related to ongoing conflicts in their homeland. Around 200,000 Haitians, many of whom entered the U.S. unlawfully, were already shielded from deportation with Temporary …
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TheBidenadministrationissuedanorderonFridaythatpreventsthousandsofillegalimmigrantsfromHaitifrombeingdeported.
HomelandSecuritySecretaryAlejandroMayorkassaidthemovewasoverhumanitarianconcernsrelatedtoongoingconflictsintheirhomeland.Around200,000Haitians,manyofwhomenteredtheU.S.unlawfully,werealreadyshieldedfromdeportationwithTemporaryProtectedStatus,whichhasbeenextendedby18months.AccordingtotheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity,theorderextendsprotectionstocoverapproximately309,000moreHaitians.ThedeportationpreventionorderappliestoHaitiansinthecountryonorbeforeJune3,2024.
“WeareprovidingthishumanitarianrelieftoHaitiansalreadypresentintheUnite
