Homeland Security Plans to Deport Haitians at Accelerated Rate

Haitians await aid from US Navy (Yululate)

Haitians await aid from US Navy (Yululate)

WASHINGTON, D.C. (sentinel.ht) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it “plans to significantly expand removal operations in the coming weeks” of Haitian nationals.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in the statement that more than 200 Haitian nationals had been deported in recent weeks. Johnson announced the plan to detain and deport newly arriving Haitians on Sept. 21. Before that, such immigrants were being allowed into the United States on what is called humanitarian parole.

Deportations were halted to Haiti for most immigrants after a devastating 2010 earthquake that killed more than 220,000 people and severely damaged the country’s infrastructure.

Haitians with temporary protected status are unaffected by the resumption of flights.

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