Sep 23 Watch 5:13 Here’s the latest on the fate of Haitian migrants in Texas, Biden response to backlash By PBS NewsHour Daniel Foote, the U.S. special envoy to Haiti, resigned in protest Thursday, over the Biden administration's move to deport Haitian migrants back to their troubled home country. Foote called the handling of migrants in Del Rio, Texas, “inhumane” and “counterproductive.”… Continue watching
Sep 23 U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns, citing ‘inhumane’ deportation of Haitians By Yamiche Alcindor “Our policy approach to Haïti remains deeply flawed, and my recommendations have been ignored and dismissed, when not edited to project a narrative different from my own.”… Continue reading
Sep 21 Options shrink for Haitian migrants straddling Texas border By Juan A. Lozano, Eric Gay, Elliot Spagat, María Verza, Associated Press The options remaining for thousands of Haitian migrants straddling the Mexico-Texas border are narrowing as the United States government was ramping up expulsion flights to Haiti on Tuesday and Mexico began busing some away from the border. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch 4:30 U.S. authorities accelerate removal of Haitian asylum-seekers from Texas-Mexico border By PBS NewsHour Weekend Thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti, have gathered under a bridge in the border town of Del Rio, Texas, where officials have declared a local state of emergency. The crisis has spotlighted Biden's continued use of a Trump-era deportation policy,… Continue watching
Sep 18 US ramps up plan to expel Haitian migrants gathered in Texas By Associated Press The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that it moved about 2,000 of the migrants who had gathered under and near a bridge in the border city of Del Rio to other locations on Friday for processing and… Continue reading
Sep 14 Haiti prosecutor asks judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in president’s slaying By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press Haiti’s chief prosecutor has asked a judge to charge Prime Minister Ariel Henry in the slaying of the president and asked other officials to bar him from leaving the country. Continue reading
Sep 10 For Haitians in U.S., a constant feeling of deja vu as disasters destroy their homeland By Roby Chavez, Gabrielle Hays Weeks after a massive earthquake devastated parts of Haiti, aid has yet to reach some of the more remote areas, and the suffering — and death toll — is growing. Here in the U.S, the more than million… Continue reading
Aug 26 U.S. pledges more aid to earthquake victims in Haiti By Christopher Sherman, Evens Sanon, Associated Press The United States pledged another $32 million in aid to the victims of Haiti's 7.2-magnitude earthquake Thursday, as the country's interim prime minister defended his government's response. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 3:28 10 days after devastating Haiti earthquake, many survivors finally get medical attention By John Yang, Ali Rogin In Haiti, the death toll from this month’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake continues to rise. More than 2,200 people are confirmed dead, with 344 still missing. John Yang reports on how the earthquake has led to a new set of challenges… Continue watching
Aug 22 Haiti latest: earthquake recovery efforts continue as death toll rises By PBS NewsHour The death toll in Haiti topped 2,200 today in the wake of last week’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Continue reading