This little tidbit from the New York Times:
Haitians Illegally in U.S. Given Protected Status
By JULIA PRESTON
Published: January 15, 2010
The Obama administration extended a special immigration status on Friday to Haitians living illegally in the United States that protects them from deportation for 18 months and allows them to work here.
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Calling the aftermath of the earthquake “a disaster of historic proportions,” the secretary of homeland security, Janet Napolitano, said she was granting the designation, known as temporary protected status, for Haitian immigrants because their safety would be at risk if they were deported.
Obviously the horrific aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti quite literally gives these immigrants nothing to return to. What is laughable is the notion that the government is somehow granting them temporary protection. They've been living here for years without the approval or the knowledge of the government. How is the government going to dispense this temporary status? Are all the Haitians who are here illegally going to come forward and identify themselves so that they can receive the governments largese? Another cruel joke.
