King "O" Wants to bring Haitians to U.S

[Speedgod]

Heard about this, this morning listening to Mike Church show. That King Obama wants to bring 200,000 Haitians over to U.S for temporary jobs. Never mind, the millions of Americans unemployed! :confused:


SG :munchin

[HowardCohodas]

I know it's the NYT, but I gotta do what I gotta do. :eek:

Haitians Illegally in U.S. Given Protected Status (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/world/americas/16immig.html)

The Obama administration extended a special immigration status on Friday to Haitians living illegally in the United States that protects them from deportation for 18 months and allows them to work here.

Calling the aftermath of the earthquake “a disaster of historic proportions,” the secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, said she was granting the designation, known as temporary protected status, for Haitian immigrants because their safety would be at risk if they were deported.

Administration officials said the special status would cover at least 100,000 Haitians believed to be living in the United States illegally, as well as about 30,000 Haitians who had been ordered deported. Haitians who receive the temporary status will be able to obtain documents allowing them to live here and work legally.

The administration’s decision followed a rising chorus of calls for the temporary status after the earthquake on Tuesday. On Friday, 80 representatives and 18 senators, including Democrats and Republicans, sent appeals to the administration to grant the status, as did the conference of Roman Catholic bishops.

Ms. Napolitano said the protection would extend only to Haitians who were already in the United States as of Tuesday. Until now, officials had hesitated to grant the temporary status for fear it would encourage a new exodus of desperate Haitians by boat toward South Florida.

“Attempting to leave Haiti now will only bring more hardship to the Haitian people and nation,” Ms. Napolitano said Friday. She said Haitians who tried to travel illegally to the United States after this week would be sent back to Haiti.

The administration’s move drew praise from members of Congress. “To send Haitians back to that country right now would be nothing short of inhumane,” said Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration.

Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Republican of Florida, lauded the administration, saying he had requested the status for Haitians in a telephone conversation on Friday with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. State Department officials took part in the decision by providing their assessment of the scope of the disaster.

Refugee advocates were elated. Cheryl Little, executive director of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center in Miami, said she and other advocates had contended that allowing Haitians who lacked legal status to work in this country could help prevent a new wave of boat people because the immigrants would send money back to needy relatives in Haiti, giving them resources to rebuild.

On Wednesday Ms. Napolitano suspended deportations of Haitians.

She can grant temporary protected status to immigrants in the United States from countries that have suffered a catastrophic war or “an environmental disaster” that would make it dangerous to deport their citizens back home. Although the status is granted originally for a short period, in practice it has been renewed for years for citizens of some countries. Immigrants from Honduras and Nicaragua have enjoyed the status since 1999, after Hurricane Mitch battered their countries. El Salvador was added to the list in 2001. Somalia and Sudan were added more recently.

The Haitian government and refugee advocates have been asking for protected status since 2008, when four major hurricanes killed about 800 people. The Bush administration decided not to grant the request. The Obama administration continued to deport Haitians last year, but officials said that those cases mainly involved people who had committed crimes in the United States.

Some groups that have opposed protected status for Haitians changed their views after seeing the destruction in Haiti. Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, called Thursday for the protection for Haitians. But he said officials should also cancel the status for immigrants from El Salvador and some other countries.

[Rogue]

As with all "temporary" / "illegal" immigrants, why would they ever go back? They will obtain government freebies and become future "democrats"... :mad:

[Red Flag 1]

As with all "temporary" / "illegal" immigrants, why would they ever go back? They will obtain government freebies and become future "democrats"... :mad:
No doubt!!

While not the same, does anyone recall Cuba and Carter? Now there was a great deal:mad:.

RF 1

[Longstreet]

Well if it helps, the US is not alone. Good ol' Mr. Harper has decided Canada will do the same and 'fast-track' many Haitian immigrants who arrive in Canada. And of course the Haitians will only move into urban areas (Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal) which puts more presure on the resources from these debit ridden cities. What a swell idea!

jaYson

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j2b0bVKa5hj33Fr6xFP5AGf1j-sA

[greenberetTFS]

Well if it helps, the US is not alone. Good ol' Mr. Harper has decided Canada will do the same and 'fast-track' many Haitian immigrants who arrive in Canada. And of course the Haitians will only move into urban areas (Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal) which puts more presure on the resources from these debit ridden cities. What a swell idea!

jaYson

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j2b0bVKa5hj33Fr6xFP5AGf1j-sA

jaYson,

How good is Canada's welfare program? If it's better than the U.S.'s,I bet I know which line they'll be standing in...................;)

Big Teddy :munchin

[Longstreet]

jaYson,

How good is Canada's welfare program? If it's better than the U.S.'s,I bet I know which line they'll be standing in...................

Big Teddy

Well I cannot comment on the US welfare system, but given that illegal immigrants can attend Canadian schools without being reported to immigrations and that the Canadian government in all its wisdom is in the stages of implementing health clinics in high schools which will provide free healthcare to everyone - including illegal immigrants - I would saw "na-na-na-na-na," we are going to be more popular!

The world makes sense again . . .

jaYson