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May 24, 2021

Biden Administration to Extend Temporary Protected Status to 100,000 Haitians in U.S.
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The Biden administration is granting more than 100,000 Haitians in the
U.S. the chance to gain temporary protected status, or TPS, which
includes work permits and protection from deportation while Haiti
suffers a political crisis. Haitian President Jovenel Moïse continues to
refuse calls to step down, even as human rights groups report he has
sanctioned attacks against civilians in impoverished neighborhoods of
Port-au-Prince, with targeted assassinations and threats against
government critics carried out with impunity. President Biden deported
more Haitians during his first two months than Donald Trump did in the
last year of his presidency. We'll have more on the Biden
administration's decision to grant TPS to Haitian immigrants later in
the broadcast.


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