Amidst the worsening crisis in Haiti, the IWC has signed onto a letter authored by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition urging the Biden Administration to redesignate and extend Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Haitians, pause all deportations to Haiti, stop all plans to detain Haitian migrants interdicted at sea at Guantanamo Bay, and to expand key lawful migration pathways. Read the letter here.
According to the United Nations, paramilitary forces have seized control of 80 percent of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The U.S. military airlifted embassy staff from the country on March 10. The widespread violence has continued to escalate with coordinated paramilitary attacks and prison breaks that forced Prime Minister Ariel Henry from government. This has disrupted government functions, closed Haiti’s main airport, displaced over 160,000 civilians since February 2024, and triggered a devastating hunger crisis.
