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Overview

On Jan­u­ary 15, 2010, in response to the dev­as­tat­ing earth­quakes in Haiti, the U.S. Depart­ment of Home­land Secu­rity Sec­re­tary Napoli­tano announced the des­ig­na­tion of Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Sta­tus (TPS) for Haiti. On July 12, the dead­line for Haitians to apply for TPS was extended by six months to Jan­u­ary 18, 2011. Thanks to every­one who has writ­ten, emailed and called to make this hap­pen. Steve Forester, Direc­tor of our Stop Depor­ta­tions Now! Cam­paign, is now work­ing with other lawyers to develop mate­ri­als for appli­cants and advo­cates, and to deal with obsta­cles to imple­men­ta­tion such as the hefty appli­ca­tion fee. We will post updates here, and send more action alerts if nec­es­sary. Please email us at info@IJDH.org if you have addi­tional infor­ma­tion or mate­ri­als for dissemination.

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Pou enfo­masyon an kreyol, gade isit la.

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DHS Announce­ment of TPS

• State­ment from Home­land Secu­rity Sec­re­tary Janet Napoli­tano Grant­ing TPS (pdf), –DHS, Jan­u­ary 15, 2010
• Haiti TPS Signed Rule (pdf)
• Fed­eral Reg­is­ter TPS Notice

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USCIS Offi­cial Infor­ma­tion and Forms

• USCIS Q&A Hait­ian Relief Measures
• USCIS Q&A TPS for Haiti
• USCIS Form I-821: Appli­ca­tion for Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Status
• USCIS Tips for Fil­ing form I-821 (pdf)
• USCIS Form I-765: Appli­ca­tion for Employ­ment Authorization
• USCIS Q&A Request­ing Fee Waivers

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For Appli­cants

• Don’t be a vic­tim of immi­gra­tion fraud

For more infor­ma­tion, see: USCIS Fact Sheet — USCIS Warns of Immi­gra­tion Scams Tar­get­ing Hait­ian Appli­cants for Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Status

• Clin­ics

If you are apply­ing for Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Sta­tus and you would like assis­tance, there may be a clinic in your area where you can receive help and get your ques­tions answered in per­son. For a list of upcom­ing clin­ics, click here.

• Infor­ma­tion about apply­ing for TPS

For impor­tant infor­ma­tion about apply­ing for TPS and a list of required doc­u­ments, see this doc­u­ment pre­pared by the Florida Immi­grant Advo­cacy Cen­ter. For addi­tional infor­ma­tion, click here.

TPS appli­cants may be eli­gi­ble for pub­lic health insur­ance in New York State. For more infor­ma­tion, click here.

• Detained Haitians: Pro se habeas mate­ri­als for Haitians in deten­tion made avail­able by the Cen­ter for Con­sti­tu­tional Rights, click here.

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For Prac­ti­tion­ers: Click here for the Hait­ian Immi­gra­tion Pro Bono Project

Links to online TPS train­ing ses­sions, local resources, and pro bono opportunities.

• Amer­i­can Bar Asso­ci­a­tion: Links to infor­ma­tion on the TPS process, pro bono and train­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties, human­i­tar­ian parole for Hait­ian orphans, and local bar asso­ci­a­tion fundrais­ing for Haiti.

• Amer­i­can Immi­gra­tion Lawyers Asso­ci­a­tion: Links to online train­ing, sam­ple TPS doc­u­ments for prac­ti­tion­ers, gov­ern­ment news.

• Catholic Legal Immi­gra­tion Net­work, Inc.: Infor­ma­tion on the TPS process, pro bono and train­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties (online and in Wash­ing­ton, DC). Links to affil­i­ated com­mu­nity immi­gra­tion pro­grams in 48 states.

• CUNY Cit­i­zen­ship & Immi­gra­tion Project
  • Webi­nar: “Train­ing on Legal Assis­tance for TPS”
  • Slides from webi­nar (pdf)

• Florida Immi­grant Advo­cacy Cen­ter (FIAC)
  • FIAC attor­ney Sab­rina Salomon explains in Cre­ole what you need to know about Hait­ian TPS and how to get free legal help to apply.
  • FIAC Fee Waiver Form

• Hait­ian Immi­gra­tion Pro Bono Project: Direc­tory of pro bono oppor­tu­ni­ties, cal­en­dar of events and train­ings, Hait­ian immi­gra­tion news, and resources for providers of Hait­ian immi­gra­tion services.
• Immi­grant Defense Project: Train­ing, legal sup­port and guid­ance on criminal/immigration law issues.
  • Advi­sory for Hait­ian National Con­sid­er­ing Apply­ing for TPS: Past Crim­i­nal Dispositions/Conduct Could Bar TPS Eli­gi­bil­ity and Lead to Deten­tion and Depor­ta­tion (includes infor­ma­tion on recent revi­sion in USCIS pol­icy regard­ing the two mis­de­meanor bar to TPS)

• Immi­grant Legal Resource Cen­ter: Train­ings, infor­ma­tion, and other resources for both prac­ti­tion­ers and applicants.
  • TPS Man­ual: ILRC guide for prac­ti­tion­ers assist­ing Hait­ian TPS applicants

• Immi­gra­tion Advo­cates Net­work: Infor­ma­tion clear­ing­house on TPS for Haitians — avail­able to mem­bers only.

• Legal Aid Soci­ety: Infor­ma­tion on New York TPS clin­ics, fact sheets in Eng­lish and French, TPS Q&A.

• Lutheran Immi­gra­tion and Refugee Ser­vice: News about LIRS response to earth­quake, advo­cacy & train­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties, part­ner orga­ni­za­tion responses.
  • Notes and audio file of webi­nar: “Apply­ing for Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Sta­tus for Haitians”

• Mass­a­chu­setts Legal Ser­vices: Links to US and Hait­ian gov­ern­ment infor­ma­tion, local clin­ics for TPS appli­cants, and Mass­a­chu­setts community-based immi­gra­tion organizations.

• National Immi­gra­tion Law Cen­ter: Toolk­its for advo­cates, infor­ma­tion on ben­e­fits eli­gi­bil­ity and advocacy.
  • Sam­ple Let­ter to Employer for TPS Grantee.

• NY Immi­gra­tion Coali­tion: Infor­ma­tion on New York state TPS clin­ics for appli­cants, prac­ti­tioner train­ings, and non-profit immi­gra­tion legal ser­vices organizations.

• Uni­tar­ian Uni­ver­sal­ist Ser­vice Com­mit­tee: Train­ings and Clinics

• Uni­ver­sity of Miami School of Law
  • Pod­cast of train­ing: “Obtain­ing TPS for Your Hait­ian Clients”

• U.S. Cit­i­zen­ship and Immi­gra­tion Ser­vices: tele­con­fer­ence to dis­cuss the process of reg­is­ter­ing for Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Sta­tus for Hait­ian nationals.

• West LegalEd Cen­ter
  • Web­cast: “Haiti Cri­sis Update: Cur­rent and Emerg­ing Legal Issues” — avail­able free of charge, reg­is­tra­tion with West LegalEd Cen­ter required.

Rep­re­sent­ing Detained Haitians

• For pro se habeas mate­ri­als cre­ated by the Cen­ter for Con­sti­tu­tional Rights, see here.
• For notes from ICE stake­holder meet­ing on Feb­ru­ary 23, 2010, click here.

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Human­i­tar­ian Parole

For infor­ma­tion on human­i­tar­ian parole and family-based visas click here.

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TPS Advo­cacy Campaign

For infor­ma­tion on the TPS advo­cacy cam­paign over the last few years click here.

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News Arti­cles

• Feds extend reg­is­tra­tion for Hait­ian pro­gram for 6 months — July 14, 2010
• Eli­gi­ble Haitians will have more time to apply for tem­po­rary pro­tected sta­tus — July 12, 2010
• US extends relief for ille­gal Hait­ian immi­grants — July 12, 2010
• Pres­i­dent Obama could rapidly aid Hait­ian immi­gra­tion seek­ers — June 26, 2010
• Dead­line nears for Haitians’ depor­ta­tion reprieve — June 11, 2010
• Immi­gra­tion reform needed for U.S. econ­omy and for Haiti quake relief — May 7, 2010
• City’s Hait­ian Immi­grants File For TPS — April 26, 2010
• Haitians seek refuge, face uncer­tainty — April 23, 2010
• TPS fil­ings only trickle in; esti­mate of 200,000 is cut — April 9, 2010
• Help­ing Haitians to Work — March 20, 2010

Click here for more Tem­po­rary Pro­tected Sta­tus News

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