DHS says post-quake Haiti has made ‘significant progress.’ But TPS report says otherwise
"Many of the conditions prompting the original
That view differs from the one expressed by USCIS Director
Cissna argues that "while lingering effects of the 2010 earthquake remain in housing, infrastructure, damage to the economy, health, sanitation services, security risks and emergency response capacity,
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He cites the smooth withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers, the successful completion of the presidential election, the 98 percent closure of camps that sprang up after the quake and Haitian President Jovenel Moïse's
But the report paints a much starker picture of the dire conditions most Haitians currently enrolled in TPS will have to face once the designation terminatesin
The report points out that
"Although some progress regarding reconstruction and recovery has been made in a variety of sectors, billions of dollars in pledged foreign assistance never materialized, and the pace and scope of
While post-earthquake camps are closing,
"There is a real disconnect between this
"Their own internal report shows that these conditions continue, which is further evidence that they didn't perform a good faith review or that other factors were at play such as Trump's hostility toward immigrants of color or that they were applying some other changed standard of review," she added.
Zota would not say how she and her team intend to use the newly released documents. But Zota and lawyers in three other lawsuits over the administration's decision to end TPS for Haitians and immigrants from
"They don't have this discretion to do what they think aligns with their politics," Zota said. "They have to look at the conditions on the ground. If there are conditions that continue to persist, and those conditions do, they have to continue TPS. The wording isn't they 'may continue,' it is 'the designation is continued.' "
In addition to the
In addition to issuing its TPS recommendation on
Zota said the fact that all four
While no court date has been set on the lawsuit, the government's response is due by
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