Haitian Immigrants

Complaint: Teacher Called Haitian Student 'Little Chocolate Boy'

Posted 04.06.2012

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A South Florida reading teacher once accused of pretending to sprinkle "holy water" on an atheist colleague is now in hot water for allegedly calling ...

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NYC's Strategy for Shutting Schools Leaves Some Students Lost in Transition

Liz Willen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Michael Bloomberg, Brooklyn, High School Students, Joel Klein, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Education Reform, Haitian Immigrants, Brooklyn High Schools, East Flatbush, New York News

An eerie silence pervades the cavernous hallways as Samuel J. Tilden High School prepares to graduate its final class. After 80 years, the hulking Brooklyn institution is closing.

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Relax the Caps for Haitian Visa Applicants

Jeffrey Kahn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Immigration, Haitian Immigrants, Politics News

Congress should temporarily relax the annual cap on lawful immigration from Haiti by permitting greater numbers of Haitians with permanent resident and U.S. citizen family members in the U.S. to emigrate here.

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Preventing Migration Aftershock for Haiti

Mark Hetfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haitian Migration, Haiti Earthquake, Haitian Immigrants, Haiti Disaster Relief, World News

The migration pressures on Haitians should not be ignored. Even if aid pours into Haiti and the U.S. Coast Guard does its best to seal the Haitian coast, thousands are still likely to flee the devastation.

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Devastated then Detained: Will the US Incarcerate Haitians at Gitmo?

Bob Libal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Given GEO's horrific track record and ICE's mismanagement of the detention system, human rights advocates are right to worry about the possibility of detaining Hatians at Gitmo.

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Hunger Strike Spreads; Haitian Immigrant Activist Freed

Jane Guskin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miami, Hunger Strike, Detention, Janet Napolitano, Immigration, Haitian Earthquake Relief, Martin Luther King Day, Haitian Immigrants, Deportation, Haiti, World News

Since December 30, when Jean Montrevil, a Haitian community leader, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at his immigration check-in, hundreds of people have rallied and sent letters demanding his release.

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How You Can Help the People of Haiti

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Red Cross, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haiti, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Poverty, Haitian Immigrants, Haiti Aid, Impact News

If you want to do something to help the people of Haiti -- or do more -- then text the word Haiti to 90999 today.

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My Lament for Haiti

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ngo, Haiti Earthquake, UN Mission, United Nations, Haiti, Haiti Poverty, United States, Haitian-American, African-Diaspora, Haitian Presidential Palace, Haitian Immigrants, Haiti Aid, Haiti Presidential Palace, Diaspora, World News

Friends call and ask, "Have you heard from your family?" "What can we do?" People are missing; in a country where communication is poor, this earthquake has served to compound the problem.

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Haiti's Earthquake: HuffPost Bloggers React

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Relief, Natural Disasters, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haiti, Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Poverty, Haitian Immigrants, Haiti Aid, World News

Since a devastating earthquake ravaged the Haitian capitol of Port-au-Prince, HuffPost bloggers from around the world have been weighing in with their reactions, prayers, analysis and more.

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Haitian-Americans Wait For News Of Loved Ones

AP | MATT SEDENSKY | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI — Alourrde Pierre stood inside a Little Haiti community center, wringing her hands as she waited for news of her parents and 15 siblings i...

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Where Was the World When Haiti Really Needed It?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Poverty, Haiti Earthquake, Haitian Immigrants, Haiti Aid, Haiti, Haiti Relief Efforts, World News

A colossal earthquake brought the world to Haiti's doorstep. The questions, though, are why did it take that? And what will it take for the world to stick around after the rubble is cleared?

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Lawmakers Help Push Haitian Relief Efforts

Posted 05.25.2011

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Many politicians were quick to release statements offering their condolences or encouraging aid donations in the aftermath of the devastating earthqua...

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Let's Help Haiti!

Adolf Alzuphar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake Relief, Haiti Poverty, Haiti Earthquake, Haitian Immigrants, Haiti Aid, Haitians, Haiti, Impact News

I am, like most of the diaspora, a student who sought a better life because Haiti was in ruins. But I always looked back to ask: what was to become of my country?

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In Haiti Response, Obama Administration Rising to the Moment

Stacy Parker Le Melle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Haitian Immigrants, Haiti, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, President Clinton, President Obama, Politics News

The Obama Administration is showing the world that we know how to use our power for good, in a timely manner, in a way concerned with saving lives and creating stability.

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Bill Clinton, Haiti Envoy, Makes First Pitch For Troubled Nation

Miami Herald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Haiti's newest envoy made his first pitch on behalf of the impoverished Carribbean nation Monday, outlining an ambitious list of priorities he plans t...

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Haitian Remittances Decreasing With Economic Struggle (AUDIO SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post Contributors | Emily Feldman and Damiano Beltram | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Emily Feldman and Damiano Beltrami Gertha Brice shielded herself from the rain beneath a narrow awning in East Flatbush. Sunday services had just ...

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Haitian Boat Capsizing Kills 9; 16 Rescued

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Haiti, Haiti Poverty, Haitian Immigrants, Haitians, Haitian Boat Capsize, Florida, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, World News

MIAMI — Searchers racing to find more survivors from an overloaded boat that sank off Florida expanded their target area farther north over the ...

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Blacks in the Corridors of Power

Carine Fabius | Posted 11.17.2011

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Knowing the enemy you're up against is the first step toward coming up with a winning strategy.

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Driving Through History

Mike Barnicle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Day, Voters, Haiti, Obama, Haitian Immigrants, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Voting, Politics News

Obama has managed to prod optimism out of millions who felt run down, run over or simply ignored by a politics that took many of their children to war and too much out of their paychecks.

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