>TransAfrica Forum
>News September 24, 2004
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>
>September 24, 2004
>
>
>Urgent Action Alert--Grant TPS to Haitian Refugees
>One Standard! Fair and Just Policies for Haitian Asylum Seekers
>
>
>• In the midst of escalated political violence and a surge in economic
>instability, and now Tropical Storm Jeanne, the United States is sending
>Haitian asylum seekers back to deadly violence and environmental disaster.
>
>
>• The United States can and must grant Temporary Protective Status
>allowing Haitians, presently in the United States , to reside here and
>qualify for work authorization for 18 months. It would thus guarantee
>their safety until there is political stability and an end to the armed
>conflict in that country.
>
>• Haitian asylum seekers have been subjected to the strictest and most
>discriminatory immigration policies. Such policies include (1)
>interdiction of Haitians at sea with little or no screening of their
>potential asylum claims; (2) resettlement to third countries as far away
>as Australia; (3) prolonged and arbitrary detention of Haitians who reach
>the United States; and (4) fast-tracked asylum adjudications in brief 30
>minutes hearings, which prevent asylum seekers from obtaining legal
>representation and preparing for their asylum cases.
>
>Act Today!
>
>Urge the United States to immediately:
>
>• grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitian nationals currently
>residing in the United States, given the serious political crisis in Haiti;
>
>• increase aid to Haiti.
>
>TransAfrica Forum urges you to contact President Bush president
>@whitehouse.gov and your members of Congress www.house.gov and
>www.senate.gov . Convey your concerns about Haitian refugees. A sample
>letter is attached. Visit
>http://www.transafricaforum.org/TPSForHaitiansLettertoPresidentBush.htm
>for the letter.
>
>CONTACT: Selena Mendy Singleton sms at transafricaforum.org
>Tel: 202.223.1960 Ext. 134
>Fax: 202.223.1966
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