Posts Tagged ‘TPS’
If you live in or around the New York area and are Haitian seeking temporary status, or know some one who is, The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) has compiled a list of legal resources for Haitians considering Temporary Protected Status (TPS), including upcoming legal clinics for Haitians seeking TPS (both in NYC and upstate), nonprofit immigration legal service organizations and community-based organizations providing social services. The list is on the NYIC website direct link here (if that does not work try the website here and look for Haitian TPS link)
Other helpful numbers:
* Legal Aid Society has a TPS Hotline for Haitian nationals. Call: 1-888-284-2772. (info is free and includes help with paper work, referrals, and advocacy)
There has been a lot of fraud and price per service gauging of the Haitian refugee community as a result of people exploiting the recent earthquake crisis. Please pass this information along, &/or post it, so that Haitians can access their immigration amnesty without any more trauma or abuse.
Via / Prof Susurro
TPS for Haitians
10:04 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Haiti|Immigration|Politics · 2 Comments
19 Jan 2010Deportations to Haiti have been halted and now the Department of Homeland Security has granted Haitians currently in the U.S. without documentation Temporary Protected Status or TPS. TPS not only allows the undocumented to stay in the U.S. but also allows them to get work permits, which for many Haitians on this side of the horrific earthquake is priority so that they can aid those back in Haiti.
However, TPS isn’t free and it sure as hell isn’t the “amnesty” that so many anti-migrant folks are claiming it to be. Federal filing fees total almost $500, including a $340 TPS-related work permit and $80 fingerprint fee. The TPS offered to Haitians is only applicable to Haitians who were in the U.S. before January 12, the day of the earthquake. Haitians in the U.S. after that date are not covered and could be deported as soon as the U.S. drops the temporary stay. TPS holders cannot become permanent U.S. residents or U.S. citizens and is good for 18 months.
10 Year Old Son of Legal Immigrant Could be Deported
1:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · children|El Salvador|Immigration|Justice|Women · Comments Off
12 Sep 2006
It’s the opposite of the Elvira Arellano case. Jonathan MartÃnez came from El Salvador at age 8 with a teenage cousin into the United States without papers. According to Univision, Jonathan came in search of his mother, whom he had not seen in 4 years. When he was caught by United States Border Patrol, Jonathan was turned over to his mother, who lives and works in the United States legally. That was two years ago. Jonathan now is enrolled in the fifth grade, speaking English and playing along with his classmates. On Monday a judge may send Jonathan back to El Salvador, without his mother.
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