US Special Envoy to Haiti Resigns Over Migrant Expulsions
Immigration
US Special Envoy to Haiti Resigns Over Migrant Expulsions

The Biden administration's special envoy to Haiti has resigned, protesting "inhumane" large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civil strife and natural disaster, U.S. officials said Thursday. Daniel Foote was appointed to the position only in July,... Read More

Officials: Many Migrants From Border Camp Staying in US
Immigration
Officials: Many Migrants From Border Camp Staying in US

DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, two U.S. officials said, undercutting the Biden administration's public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate... Read More

Mass Expulsion of Migrant Border Camp in Texas Underway
In The News
Mass Expulsion of Migrant Border Camp in Texas Underway
2021-09-20 20:00:20
by Reece Nations

DEL RIO, Texas — Following the closure of the land bridge that connects the border community of Del Rio, Texas, to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, on Sunday, thousands of migrants mostly from Haiti are being removed and sent back to their... Read More

USAID Sends Search and Rescue Teams to Assist With Haitian Quake Response
In The News
USAID Sends Search and Rescue Teams to Assist With Haitian Quake Response
2021-08-17 18:10:37
by Daniel Mollenkamp

In the wake of a powerful earthquake, the U.S. has sent rescue personnel and air support to assist with the search and rescue efforts in Haiti. On Sunday, the U.S. Agency for International Development said it had sent a 65-member... Read More

EXPLAINER: Assassination Threatens More Chaos for Haiti
Foreign Affairs
EXPLAINER: Assassination Threatens More Chaos for Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse seemed to have thrown an already turbulent nation into chaos on Wednesday, with a muddled line of succession. Here is a look at the situation: WHO WAS THE ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT?... Read More

Congress Holds First Hearing on Haiti in 20 Years Amid Political Instability
Geopolitics
Congress Holds First Hearing on Haiti in 20 Years Amid Political Instability

WASHINGTON — Minutes after House Democrats announced articles of impeachment on President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Rep. Frederica Wilson entered a meeting room in Washington and asked a group of Haitian activists about efforts to impeach their embattled president, Jovenel... Read More

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