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Construction collapse in Juana Méndez leaves several Haitian workers dead and injured
Dominican Today
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Juana Mendez.- A tragic construction accident occurred on Tuesday in Diwo de Limina, a sector of Juana Méndez, Haiti, near the Dominican Republic border, where several Haitian workers were killed or injured after a concrete slab collapsed during a...
Reconnecting Baltimore, rebuilding Haiti: Why H.R. 1114, Haitian American Enterprise Fund 2025 matters now
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
By Gilbert Saint Jean Baltimore. Your port, your economy, your neighbors and your city’s past and future is tied to your Caribbean- American family. The cultural, economic and historical links that bind for a more prosperous Baltimore are...
iciHaiti - Ouanaminthe : A building under construction collapses, at least 3 dead
Haiti Libre
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July 2, 2025
iciHaiti - Ouanaminthe : A building under construction collapses, at least 3 dead 02/07/2025 09:31:26 On Tuesday, July 1st, 2025, at the Limina border crossing in the border town of Ouanaminthe, the concrete roof of a building under construction...
CARICOM Urges UN Security Council Action on Child Protection in Conflict Zones, Highlights Haiti’s Plight
Win Media SKN
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July 2, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) – The United Nations Security Council convened on June 26, 2025, to address the pressing issue of Children and Armed Conflict, with St. Kitts and Nevis’ Permanent Representative, H.E. Dr. Mutryce...
Foreign Minister Álvarez calls for urgent UN action in Haiti
Dominican Today
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New York.- Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez urged the United Nations Security Council to take urgent, coherent, and bold action in response to the worsening crisis in Haiti. In a recent address, he emphasized the need to strengthen the...
Venezuela and Haiti, the countries most vulnerable to climate change and with the fewest resources to adapt
El País
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July 2, 2025
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks second after Africa as the region of the world most vulnerable to climate change. This is true not only if factors such as its geographic location and topography are taken into account, but also if other...
Haitian immigrants brace for the end of protected status
Spectrum News - North Carolina
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July 1, 2025
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Deacon Daren Bitter of St. Matthew Catholic Church in Charlotte reads a message from Carolle — a Haitian immigrant using a pseudonym — who will lose her temporary legal status Aug. 3. What You Need To Know Starting next month...
‘The ground shook’: drone attacks help Haitian government wrest control of capital from criminal gangs
The Guardian
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July 2, 2025
The earth beneath Jimmy Antoine’s apartment shuddered and for a split second he feared another natural disaster had struck, like the 2010 cataclysm that brought Port-au-Prince to its knees. “The ground shook like it does during an earthquake. You...
Haitian-American Leaders Sound The Alarm On Dangers Ahead Of Deportation After DHS Ends Temporary Protection Status
Black Enterprise
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July 1, 2025
North Miami Councilwoman Mary Estime-Irvin called out the hypocrisy in the move after the U.S State Department updated the travel advisory for Haiti to level 4. Haitian-American and advocacy leaders are highlighting the dangers that more than...
Haiti’s gang members threaten to seize a hydroelectric plant
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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July 1, 2025
Once they have seized it, they plan to take complete control of it, an idea that undermines public confidence in the face of the inaction of security forces. Local radio reported that one of the members of the Presidential Transitional Council,...
Cruel policy: Haitians’ protected status is ending
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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State Department’s warnings contradict DHS’s claims of improved conditions The Trump administration’s plan to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitian migrants exposes a stunning contradiction in federal policy (“Protected status for...
Haiti: Reparations Yes! Deportations No!
San Francisco Bay View - California
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July 1, 2025
by the Haiti Action Committee The calls from Haiti have echoed around the world: “France, Pay your debt to Haiti!” Demonstrators from Haiti to France to San Francisco, London, Belize and Jamaica have demanded that France pay for the ransom it...
Unauthorized Haitians build the Dominican Republic. Can they stay?
Christian Science Monitor
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July 1, 2025
Vanel Rozier loads heavy sacks of gravel into the back of a waiting truck, his body moving in time with the Haitian kompa music playing from a co-worker’s phone. The air smells of sweat, dust, and roasted peanuts wafting from a nearby vendor....
Major retailers in Ohio begin firing Haitians as administration ends immigration programs
Haitian Times
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July 1, 2025
Overview: Major employers in Columbus, including Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Amazon, have begun terminating Haitian workers as the Trump administration ends work permits. Thousands have been left scrambling, while advocates warn the economic and...
Trump travel ban targeting Haiti, Cuba is discrimination. Period.
USA Today - Virginia
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Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick The images emerging from California – raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement spiraling into chaos, immigrant families fleeing their homes and National Guard troops confronting peaceful protesters – are...
Trump admin ends legal protections for half-million Haitians who now face deportations- critics call it a “death sentence”
TheGrio
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July 1, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is terminating legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians, setting them up for potential deportation. DHS said that conditions in Haiti have improved and Haitians no longer meet...
Why Boosting U.S. Manufacturing Hinges More on Training and Technology Than Tariffs
Sourcing Journal - New York
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June 30, 2025
Today, the American fashion industry imports the vast majority of its goods, but supply chain upheaval and trade uncertainty are convincing more brands to take another look at U.S. manufacturing. As speakers explained during Sourcing Journal’s...
Could tariffs bring more manufacturing to Massachusetts?
WBUR - Massachusetts
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Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Congrats to the New England Free Jacks! The major league rugby team clinched its third...
Haitian migrants face mass deportation from America after dramatic update
Daily Mail
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June 28, 2025
Haitian migrants risk deportation from America after the Trump Administration terminated their temporary legal protections. On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security that it is terminating legal protections for hundreds of thousands of...
I'm a daughter of Haitian immigrants. South Florida is our home.U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Pensacola News Journal - Florida
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U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick criticizes the deployment of National Guard troops to address immigration issues in California. She highlights the positive contributions of immigrants to South Florida's economy...