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DHS Stops Deportation of Illegal Immigrants from Haiti – Intercessors for America

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As illegal immigrants pour into our country, the Biden administration has elected to prevent the deportation of half a million migrants.

From The Daily Wire. The Biden administration issued an order on Friday that prevents thousands of illegal immigrants from Haiti from being deported.

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the move was over humanitarian concerns related to ongoing conflicts in their homeland. Around 200,000 Haitians, many of whom entered the U.S. unlawfully, were already shielded from deportation with Temporary Protected Status, which has been extended by 18 months. According to the Department of Homeland Security, the order extends protections to cover approximately 309,000 more Haitians. …

A press release from the Department of Homeland Security said that Mayorkas determined the extension “is warranted because conditions that support Haiti’s designation are ongoing and that doing so was not contrary to the national interest of the United States.” …

Haiti has been plagued in recent years with violence, with political leaders and missionaries being brutally killed.  In March, a team of Marines was dispatched to protect the American embassy in Haiti during an outbreak of gang violence in Port-au-Prince. …

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(Excerpt from The Daily Wire. Photo Credit: DHSgov – https://www.flickr.com/photos/126057486@N04/53454008759/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=143769130)

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