Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has announced a new deportation amnesty for Haitians, covering more than 300,000 people including many who have arrived illegally during the Biden administration.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday, June 21, 2024, in Washington.
Many of the Haitians likely already enjoy those benefits thanks to Mr. Mayorkas’s generous use of “parole,” but others who came without parole will now get some legal protections. But Mr. Mayorkas’s expansion Friday will more than double that, with the government estimating 309,000 Haitians could qualify as first-time applicants.
TPS is designed to be a temporary relief for countries suffering from a natural disaster, pandemic, war, political upheaval or other massive unrest that makes it dangerous for people to be repatriated. It’s also supposed to give the troubled nation time to recover without having to worry about an influx of expatriates.As of May, roughly 860,000 people were protected by TPS. The Haitian designation could send that figure well over the million mark.
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