Posted on 10/18/2014 6:43:21 AM PDT by dennisw
Haitians eligible to receive green cards in two years soon will be able to wait it out in the United States rather than in Haiti under an expedited family reunification program announced Friday by the Obama administration.
Beginning early next year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will implement the Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) Program to accelerate the reunification of eligible Haitian family members of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, who are living in Haiti and have already been approved for a family-based immigrant visa.
There are approximately 100,000 Haitians in the immigration pipeline in Haiti but only those two years away from being issued an immigrant visa for a green card will be eligible to apply. Once paroled into the United States, individuals will be eligible to apply for a work permit and continue their wait for the green card while here.
Haitian and immigration advocates, who launched the push for accelerated family reunification in the days after Haiti’s devastating Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake, welcomed the major policy shift but vowed to keep fighting on behalf of all those who remain in visa backlog. For some, the wait is as long as 12 years.
“We are grateful that the administration has stepped up to the plate and done the right thing,” said Cheryl Little, executive director of Americans for Immigrant Justice. “I was hoping it wouldn’t be as restrictive as it seems to be in terms of which Haitians who are eligible to join their loved ones here, but obviously it’s going to benefit a number of Haitian families who have been waiting for this since the earthquake.”
The hemisphere’s worst disaster, Haiti’s quake killed more than 300,000, injured an equal number and left 1.5 million homeless. he expedited program announcement
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How many more Haitians will drown as a result of this?
Yet another wave of Obama & DemocRAT voters on the way.
Anything to jam more 3rd worlders into America to make it impossible to elect Republicans and conservatives
Blame idiot Karl Rove for some of this. But Obama has really ramped up bringing in his fellow 3rd worlders. Meanwhile the sheeple chew their cud and watch football and Kardashians on the boob toob
Of course he is. Because he knows that his time is short.
one; Why is there a hold-up in the first place ?
and
two; The announcement seems to just roll the ball a little faster.
Not sure how to interpret this report
I assume that among the 100,000 Haitians that Obama wants to import are many scholars, engineers, craftsmen, and entrepreneurs. /spit
Notice, it’s for those whose wait is under 2 years. They’ll be here and all primed for 2016.
So what infectious diseases will they bring?
Obviously, the purpose is to import as many people from Third World Countries as possible, pack the voter rolls, and establish a permanent Democrat voting majority.
The end game is one-party rule and political annihilation of political enemies. GOP, wake the FReep up.
None. They will be flown in at taxpayer expense.
His promise to “fundamentally transform” this nation, includes the introduction of Third World illnesses like EV-D68 , Tuberculosis and polio.
Black is the new white.
I am so f’n sick of black privilege.
My wife had to wait 5 years for immigration approval for some of her siblings from Thailand. Then it took another 5 years for a “number” to become available. Yes, 10 years. Why do these people get special treatment?
WTF, Congress sets immigration policy, not this a$$hat.
> I assume that among the 100,000 Haitians that Obama wants to import are many scholars, engineers, craftsmen, and entrepreneurs. /spit
No, only the infected with communicable diseases.../s
He gives American patriots a reason to hate him more every single frickin day of the year...
The obamainable usurper provides more evidence he is planning to go nowhere in 2016, in the event he has no means for Marshall Law, he intends to stack the voting polls.
He cannot legally serve another term, he has 2 years to fix that, besides the word legal has no impact on him.
Well the republicans could take over the senate and impeach him...dream on!
Some may say all or parts of this is far fetched hyperbole, can’t happen and ridicules...Say On!
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