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John, Black immigrants need our help. And we can no longer
allow them to be rendered invisible in our narratives about migration and
racial justice.  

Thousands of Haitian migrants -- many of whom have been on the frontlines
during the pandemic as healthcare workers, caregivers, and farm
workers^1 -- are at risk of deportation unless the Biden administration
redesignates Temporary Protection Status(TPS) for them immediately. 

TPS is granted to communities when the U.S. government determines the
political and socioeconomic conditions in a person’s home country pose
life-threatening danger if one was to be deported. 

The current situation in Haiti is currently so unstable, fragile and
dangerous that even President Biden has acknowledged Haitians “may face
harm” if they return home.^2 

John, it would be unconscionable and immoral to send Haitian
immigrants back to Haiti right now. The Biden administration has the power
to help protect Haitian immigrants already living in the U.S., but we need
to move the administration to action.

[ [link removed] ]Sign our petition and tell President Biden and Secretary of Homeland
Security Alejandro Mayorkas to redesignate Haiti for TPS.  

In 2010, an earthquake in Haiti killed over 250,000 people. Later that
year, United Nations peacekeeping soldiers, stationed in Haiti to aid with
the aftermath, started a cholera outbreak that only further devastated the
country’s fragile public health infrastructure.^3 

Haiti was first granted TPS following the earthquake, and many have been
living, working and paying taxes in the U.S since. But the situation in
Haiti has only worsened over the past few years.

In addition to climate crises, Haitians are currently living under an
oppressive, U.S.-backed government led by an increasingly authoritarian
president, Jovenel Moise, who has been ruling unconstitutionally for over
a year.^4 

Despite worsening conditions, the Trump administration tried to end TPS
for Haitians in 2017 after referring to Haiti, a majority Black nation,
and several places in Africa as “shithole countries.”^5 Two court
injunctions blocked Trump from ending TPS, calling his actions against
Haitians racist. But we still need President Biden to officially
redesignate TPS status in order to protect all Haitians living in the U.S.
from the threat of deportation. 

The time has come for the Biden administration to keep its promises to the
Haitian community,^6 stand up against global anti-Black racism, and
disavow Trump’s bigoted, racist and discriminatory policies against Black
immigrants. 

[ [link removed] ]Sign our petition and tell President Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas to
redesignate Haiti for TPS today.

Rose - a Haitian family nurse practitioner who worked on the frontlines of
the COVID-19 pandemic and herself tested positive for COVID-19 - told our
partners at Haitian Bridge Alliance that for current TPS holders: “Fear
and anxiety are always in the background...that I might suddenly have to
leave my home. I’ve lived in the United States for 20 years, since I was
17 years old. TPS allowed me to get my undergraduate and Master’s degree
in nursing.” 

Rose and so many other Haitian TPS holders living in the U.S. have
established lives here, and are integral members of our communities. 

By deporting people like Rose to Haiti, the Biden administration sends the
message that Black lives are less valued - even despite the role the U.S.
has played in the destabilization of Haiti.^7

This is why we’re asking the Biden Administration to redesignate Haiti for
TPS immediately.

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Until Justice is Real,

Scott, Rashad, Arisha, Malachi, Erika, Megan, Ernie, Palika, Madison,
Ariel, Trevor, Ana, McKayla, and the rest of the Color Of Change team.

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