The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) commends today’s decision by the Biden administration to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti for 18 months. The TPS extension will continue to protect current beneficiaries until February 3, 2026, and the TPS redesignation could safeguard an estimated 309,000 eligible Haitian nationals residing in […]
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Displaced and Alone: Protections for Unaccompanied Children from Haiti
This month, the global community will mark World Refugee Day to honor and stand in solidarity with refugees and those forced to flee their homes. Over 110 million people are forcibly displaced around the world; 40 percent of those people are children. As conflicts and crises become increasingly protracted and new escalations of violence erupt, […]
To Displace & Destroy: Sexual Violence in Haiti & the Darién Gap
Content sensitivities: the following policy brief contains detailed language about sexual violence. An estimated one in three women and girls globally will experience sexual or physical violence in their lifetime. Gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual violence, is a widespread threat for women and girls in peacetime, but in times of conflict, crisis, and displacement, […]
Statement on Administration’s Decision to Extend Temporary Protected Status to Haitians Residing
Arlington, VA—The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) applauds the decision of the Biden administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians residing in the U.S. This important decision extends deportation protections and work permits for 54,000 Haitian immigrants. Haiti’s downward spiral into political instability, corruption, lawlessness, civil unrest and protracted violence poses [...]
