/tags/haitian-immigrants Haitian immigrants en-US WLRN Thu, 19 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT /immigration/2023-10-19/haitian-parole-passports-scam-south-florida-kidnapping-caribbean Haitians are facing long wait times and extortion as they try to obtain passports so they can apply for the Biden administration humanitarian parole program. Their loved ones here in South Florida are victims, too. Thu, 19 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT /immigration/2023-10-19/haitian-parole-passports-scam-south-florida-kidnapping-caribbean Wilkine Brutus /immigration/2023-01-23/the-catch-to-a-new-u-s-immigration-program-seeking-to-help-haitians South Florida's Haitian-American Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick tells WLRN how President Biden’s humanitarian parole program impacts Haitians, migrants and asylum seekers — while families discuss the stress of going through it. Mon, 23 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /immigration/2023-01-23/the-catch-to-a-new-u-s-immigration-program-seeking-to-help-haitians Wilkine Brutus /news/2023-01-13/up-to-100-000-per-boat-the-complex-task-of-removing-abandoned-migrant-vessels-from-keys-fragile-ecosystem Nonstop migrant landings in the Florida Keys has overwhelmed federal law enforcement agencies. But the county must deal with the boats left behind in an already fragile environment. Fri, 13 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /news/2023-01-13/up-to-100-000-per-boat-the-complex-task-of-removing-abandoned-migrant-vessels-from-keys-fragile-ecosystem Gwen Filosa /news/2022-11-21/can-bidens-new-carrot-and-stick-immigration-policies-ease-the-u-s-border-crisis Experts say a new humanitarian parole program for Venezuelans marks a new incentive-cum-enforcement trend for immigration policy — if it actually works. Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:59:00 GMT /news/2022-11-21/can-bidens-new-carrot-and-stick-immigration-policies-ease-the-u-s-border-crisis Tim Padgett /podcast/detentionpod/2022-10-11/its-all-about-the-money-immigration-detention-in-2022 As the immigration detention system flourished since the 1980s, it led to the creation of the private prison industry. The last episode of WLRN's podcast Detention By Design looks at the inextricable links between the two, and how, in turn, the picture has gone full circle in 2022, leaving us in a place very similar to the early days of Haitian and Cuban arrivals in Florida. Tue, 11 Oct 2022 22:50:17 GMT /podcast/detentionpod/2022-10-11/its-all-about-the-money-immigration-detention-in-2022 /news/2022-09-22/amnesty-international-report-accuses-u-s-of-continued-ill-treatment-of-haitian-migrants The human rights group's strongly worded assessment comes a year after images of mounted border patrol agents driving away Haitians sparked global anger. Thu, 22 Sep 2022 21:32:12 GMT /news/2022-09-22/amnesty-international-report-accuses-u-s-of-continued-ill-treatment-of-haitian-migrants Tim Padgett /news/2022-08-17/the-u-s-says-its-ramping-up-its-campaign-against-arms-trafficking-to-haiti-and-the-caribbean Homeland Security Investigations and other agencies are battling a 'marked uptick' in gun smuggling to Haiti, with an increase in both the quantity and the caliber of weapons. Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:32:48 GMT /news/2022-08-17/the-u-s-says-its-ramping-up-its-campaign-against-arms-trafficking-to-haiti-and-the-caribbean Tim Padgett /news/2022-04-28/report-urges-mexico-and-the-u-s-and-u-n-to-treat-haitian-migrants-as-refugees In "Pushed Into the Shadows," Refugees International points out a decades-old Latin American agreement should guide Mexico in its handling of Haitian migrants. Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:10:06 GMT /news/2022-04-28/report-urges-mexico-and-the-u-s-and-u-n-to-treat-haitian-migrants-as-refugees Tim Padgett /news/2022-04-11/coast-guard-rescues-and-sends-nearly-90-migrants-back-to-haiti A U.S. Coast Guard video shows Key West crews returning nearly 90 migrants, including children, to Haiti on Sunday. Since October, the military branch has detained 3,060 Haitian migrants, a nearly 51% increase compared to the last fiscal year. Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:29:44 GMT /news/2022-04-11/coast-guard-rescues-and-sends-nearly-90-migrants-back-to-haiti Omar Rodríguez Ortiz | Miami Herald /news/2022-03-15/gangs-drive-the-burgeoning-number-of-seafaring-haitian-migrants-arriving-in-the-keys Almost 500 Haitians have come ashore in the Florida Keys in two weeks — and they say they're fleeing violent gangs that control much of Haiti now. Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:13:44 GMT /news/2022-03-15/gangs-drive-the-burgeoning-number-of-seafaring-haitian-migrants-arriving-in-the-keys Tim Padgett