President Trump Issues Massive Deportation Announcement 60,000 Affected
big story today the Trump administration pushing forward with another effort to
change immigration status on the ground for many in the US this time it affects
Haitian immigrants who were granted temporary protected status back in 2010
oxide political reporter Annika Cleary is live at the White House with more on
this big announcement ronica what are folks saying out there
hey Jim and Sarah well a small protest is gathered out here but before we speak
to some of the people involved in this I want to give our viewers a little
information about what happened we take you back to 2010 that earthquake that
rocked Haiti it became apparent that it would take years for the nation to
rebuild now the United States they have a program where they grant people in
dire situations from other countries what's called temporary protected status
and Haitians were granted that here in the United States what during the time
it would take Haiti to rebuild I want to take you inside what the administration
announced today and yesterday that would change that for those Haitians receiving
temporary protected status now the deadline is July 22nd 2019 so the
administration said that they gave an 18 month timeline that would allow for a
smooth transition what they're saying would be a smooth transition for those
Haitians here in the United States to go back home now it's been reported that
there are nearly 60,000 Haitians who receive GPS here in the United States
now as for children of TPS recipients and this was you know we take you back
to 2010 if you had a child here they are citizens but those parents who are here
under GPS would be required to leave under this new policy or announcement if
you will from the administration now recipients of TPS they are allowed to
apply for other status though at this time and during this transition other
immigrant benefits that they may be independently eligible for outside of
TPS now the Inman administration they released a statement when this
announcement was made they say that the decision to terminate TPS for Haiti was
made after a review of the Editions upon which the country's
original designations were based now act jean secretary duke determined that
those extraordinary but temporary conditions caused by the 2010 earthquake
no longer exist so the administration is basically saying those conditions that
were caused by the earthquake are no longer there so I want to introduce you
to Jonathan here Jonathan you helped organize this protest and I know you are
you're here actually as a docker recipient not as a TPS recipient but
those are all temporary immigration status programs that exist in United
States you've spoken to TPS recipients what's their reaction to this
announcement that you can share with our viewers I think before I think this one
should be here for the opportunity I think our folks are heartbroken right
they're grateful that they have an opportunity to have 18 more months to
fight because they were pushing for that 18-month extension yeah so they got that
18 months but it's a they got it with an entity with plans and the program at the
end so we wanted to be able to codify something that actually it's not able to
that is able to be into law bracket in this temporary right and you as a
dreamer TPS recipients there are t PS recipients
in this country from other countries as well these are all temporary programs
for people in this country you've talked to people in this crowd tonight about
solutions things they'd like to see what are ideas that you guys are bringing
forth tonight if people disagree with this decision from the administration I
think what it's really important to remember is that the system is broken
that the system doesn't allow people who are currently TPS or daca to be able to
actually apply for legal permanent resident status so we're pushing for
bills that would codify that protection that would codify that a path for people
to become documented in the way that they want to be all right Jonathan thank
you for sharing with us a little of your story and experience tonight thank you
so much they're bringing crime they're bringing drugs they're physically
unclean they're a threat to women and children yep illegal immigration is
causing tremendous problems in Mexico that's tonight's reality check citizens
in the southern Mexican city of Topic Chula are complaining that illegal
aliens from Central America are wrecking their town in addition to familiar
problems like gangs and violent crime the people of tap Petula are reporting
incidents of sexual aggression and migrants defecating in public some
residents say the danger is so great to them they're afraid to leave their homes
the problem is bigger now that it has been because where migrants are choosing
to end their journey in Mexico rather than travel all the way to the US where
the Trump administration seems more likely to catch and deport them
well now that illegal aliens are staying in their country Makin's Mexicans are
discovering there is a downside to open borders what the Mexicans may be lacking
is the relentless sensitivity training most of us get in school and from the
media and the Democratic Party once they learn that their complaints are not
legitimate but instead manifestations of systemic racism and white privilege
they'll stop whining and learn to appreciate people sneaking into their
countries and using the streets as a latrine
maybe Vicente Fox will tell them that good luck well for the past seven years
thousands of patient immigrants have enjoyed a special temporary protective
status due to an earthquake in that country in 2010 the Trump administration
is reviewing whether to end the status it allowed any Haitian president in this
country in the earthquake hit to avoid returning home administration is also
conducting a review of any crimes committed by Haitian immigrants who
benefit from this special status Steve Forester is an immigration policy
coordinator at the Institute for justice and democracy in Haiti he says the
president's review demonized as Haitians and he joins us tonight mr. Porsha
thanks coming up thank you very much for having me I think most Asian immigrants
are great met a lot of them work hard seems to do well some are not great some
are criminals why is it demonizing Haitians to find out who's who well
basically it's a red herring and the reason is that the temporary protected
status statute itself disqualifies criminals you have to put in your
fingerprints for the FBI to check and under the law people who have credible
criminals are disqualified so so it's really a complete red herring
to look beyond it because it already self itself in acting that criminals
aren't in the TPS population but what about people who have been convicted of
crimes are charged with crimes while in the United States I mean so those we
what's wrong with assessing in other words how these major assess want once
they've come here we'll the the Trump administration is merely says we'd like
to assess it more I don't know why knowing was a bad thing
well they're not really trying to do that because every 18 months they judge
are the conditions sufficiently dire in the country and Hades had a sledge
series of sledgehammer blows the earthquake in 2010 the worst in 200
years 250,000 people killed most of port-au-prince destroyed still today 50
thousand people living intensities then you had a seven months ago Hurricane
Matthew which destroyed much of the southern peninsula about a quarter of
the country it destroyed crops livestock left to affect the two million people
okay I've been left Katie with affluence illegal business disasters and I'm again
I feel sorry for maybe the poorest country the hemisphere it's been in
tough shape for 200 years but that's not answering my question which is this is
not Haiti as a United States and don't American citizens have the right to
assess whether the presence of people from any country including Haiti is good
for us why is that a bad thing right well they
every 18 months people have to submit their fingerprint so there is a check by
the FBI every 18 months and criminals are not allowed to get TPS secondly
extending TPS is in the national security interest of the United States
sending 50,000 people back to Haiti whose remittances help perhaps as many
as 500,000 people in Haiti when you've got a Haitian government that is reeling
from a cholera epidemic that is completely unchecked you know the UN for
six years they wouldn't take responsibility they've raised only 2
million of the four hundred million dollars all I'm saying is getting more
precise why is it I understand why it's in Haiti's interest to have American
dollars flow to it and we've sent billions from the Treasury over there as
well as you know but why is it in our national security interest to keep tens
of thousands of Haitians here I don't understand that at all because to
destabilize Haiti and that's why you've got Republicans joining Democrats just
today mr. representative Donald Donovan chair
the sepia emergency preparedness subcommittee of Homeland Security a
Republican came out for this saying it would hurt the US economy and
destabilize Haiti destabilizing Haiti is no good because you've got a history of
people when they're desperate because of the conditions having taken to the seas
then Coast Guard interdiction has to occur so it makes absolutely no sense to
it I'm not a baby first of all just because some
Republican is four it doesn't actually mean anything it's not a data point it's
not evidence that the position is true it's not judging I turn on became
America okay but I'm just trying to figure you're saying that if we don't
allow more Haitians to come and the ones who are here already to stay that if
there's nothing about it'll be bad for Haiti okay but why isn't our national
security interest people throw that stuff out there and I just want you to
explain it in a way our viewers can understand because I'm legitimately
confused these people have been here 7 to 15 years because they were here
before the earthquake of 2010 they have been hardworking people make having
sending money back and remittances are the chief form of foreign aid 1.3
billion from the US alone in 2015 it's estimated that 250 to 500,000 people
depend on those remittances now we're not saying that's I need your extension
sure that's why you know why is that good for America that is what I'm just
missing know whatever factors that and I know it's great for Haiti and I like
getting allocations but isn't it fair to say what is in it for our country which
has massive unemployment all these problems like why is this good fast and
you can't explain it right ask the Disney Company in Orlando which has come
out for TPS because they say about 500 of their workers would be affected they
would decimate families here and in Haiti and the destabilization shouldn't
be dismissed you've got a Haitian government that's new that has asked for
this to be extended because they say right now things are too precarious
because of the cholera epidemic that's affected a million people Hurricane
Matthew 7-10 point is that to send 50,000 people back on top of
being able to replace yeah they send right thanks misty might have to pay
more to its workers here in the United States and we wouldn't want that Steve
thanks all for coming on
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