\The media focus on Trump’s DACA termination shouldn’t
distract us from the ongoing threat to
more than 400,000 immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). So
far, the administration has announced end dates for Haitian, Nicaraguan,
Salvadoran, and Sudanese TPS recipients, and Hondurans are afraid they’ll be
next. Haitian groups are trying to get public attention for the suffering the
policy will inflict on survivors of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake. Hondurans,
meanwhile, are watching the violent suppression of protests as a U.S.-backed
president takes office; international observers refused to certify his highly
questionable election last November.—TPOI editor
Maica’s Story
By Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Maica and I immigrated from Haiti after the deadlyearthquake
in 2010. There I was buried under a building for six days and was presumed
dead. My eleven year old little brother and my aunt died right next to me, and
both decomposed on top of me during the six days that I was there. When they
finally unearthed me, although my little brother had died, I managed to
survive. After battling an infection that couldn’t be treated, I had to have
both of my legs amputated. Luckily I was flown to New York where I was
hospitalized for many months and had many, many surgeries.
Here, I was helped by many strangers who became my family
over the years. I was blessed enough to get a scholarship to a lovely
prestigious high school. I was able to graduate and go to college. Over the
years, I was helped by the Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees (HWHR), an
organization that responds to the needs of Haitian refugees and immigrants, for
which I am a volunteer. During my schooling, I volunteered for several other
organizations such as The Epiphany Soup Kitchen, Surgeons of Hope and Methodist
Hospital. I was also able to work at my high school’s summer camp, the
Salvation Army and Goodwill. Then I attended nursing school for three years
where I got my Associate in Nursing Sciences.[…]
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Amid fierce protest, Honduras inaugurates a president
accused of stealing the election
Between Nov. 29 and Dec. 31, at least 30 people were
killed, 232 wounded and 1,085 detained, according to the Committee of the
Families of the Disappeared in Honduras, a human rights group.
By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
January 27, 2018
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sworn in for a
second term Saturday amid violent clashes between police and protesters who
insist Hernandez was not legitimately elected.
Soldiers and riot police fired tear gas and set up
barricades to block thousands of demonstrators from marching to Tegucigalpa's
National Stadium, where Hernandez was presented with the blue-and-white sash of
office in an elaborate morning ceremony.[…]
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| Juan Orlando Hernandez inauguration in Honduras. Photo: Eduardo Verdugo/AP |
