The Obama Administration extended eligibility for temporary protected status to Haitians living in the US illegally. JoJo Annobil, attorney-in-charge of the Legal Aid Society Immigration Law Unit, offers advice on how and why to apply for temporary protected status and discusses other issues related to immigration for Haitians.
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I have over 10 years of Immigration paralegal experience in the past, and would like to help a few hours per week assisting TPS procedures. Do anyone know non-profit organization in Monmouth County where I can volunteer?
HELP! My friend M's sister died in Haiti, leaving her young son behind. Now M, in Queens, wants to adopt her orphaned nephew, but she only has a green card. Can someone help get him here?!?! He is 5 yrs old and homeless in Haiti. M was told she must apply for citizenship before she can adopt. This will take toooo long. He needs a home! Please, is there a pro bono immigration lawyer who will take this on fully? She got very minimal guidance at the bar association's open house for haitians last week.
O-U-T-R-A-G-E-O-U-S. I cannot believe the federal government would grant immunity to any one country without giving it to all illegal immigrants just because some natural disaster has struck their country. To the immigrant from some desolate slum in a forgotten corner of the Earth, do they not deserve such a benefit even more? Or at the very least, on the same playing field. Even as a native-born American, it's clear to me that U.S. immigration policy is an horrendous hodge-podge of favoritism and politics in a land supposedly of where all are created equal.
I am an immigration attorney doing TPS applications.
Response to Claudine's question:
She may use her passport entry stamp instead of the I-94 form with her daughter's name to show she entered the US prior to 1/12/10
www.haiti-tps.com
Regarding those recently arrested, I actually have friends associated w/ the people arrested. These are people who have been in Haiti and they did have an orphanage, but it had been destroyed by the 2nd earthquake. The children they were trying to get into the DR were all in need of medical care and children that who had been part of their orphanage previously.
Haitian Creole / English speakers are needed to work from their own computers to translate emergency text messages being sent by earthquake survivors.
http://www.samasource.org/haiti/
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