Trump administration says Haiti earthquake victims must return home by 2019
The Trump administration  announced Monday  it  will end immigration protections for about 59 000 Haitians living in the United States in May 2019  concluding that conditions on the ground in the poverty-stricken Caribbean country have improved enough since a massive earthquake in 2010 for residents to return.
 The Obama administration  first granted "temporary protected status" to Haitians after the nation was ravaged by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake in 2010 that killed more than 200 000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. The protections have allowed Haitians to legally remain in the U.S. and have been extended each year as Haiti struggles to recover.
In May  the Trump administration  announced  it  would extend protections to Haitians who fled to the U.S. until January 2018  but might shut down the program early in the new year. But DHS officials ultimately decided to extend the immigration for another 18 months to give Haiti's government more time to prepare for the return of residents who were forced to leave the country.
Sen. Bill Nelson  D-Fla.  called the move by DHS "unconscionable" and urged  the Trump administration  to reconsider.
There is no reason to send 60 000 Haitians back to a country that cannot provide for them. This decision today by DHS is unconscionable. And I am strongly urging  the administration  to reconsider. Ultimately  we need a permanent legislative solution. https://t.co/Ft0bE0itf6 â Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) November 21  2017
Duke met with Haitian Foreign Minister Antonio Rodrigue and Haitian Ambassador to the United States Paul Altidor recently in Washington to discuss  the Trump administration 's thinking ahead of the formal announcement.
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[TGT] announced Monday   [TGT]   will end immigration protections for about 59 000 Haitians living in the United States in May 2019  concluding that conditions on the ground in the poverty-stricken Caribbean country have improved enough since a massive earthquake in 2010 for residents to return.
  [TGT] first granted "temporary protected status" to Haitians after the nation was ravaged by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake in 2010 that killed more than 200 000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. The protections have allowed Haitians to legally remain in the U.S. and have been extended each year as Haiti struggles to recover.
In May   [TGT] announced   [TGT]   would extend protections to Haitians who fled to the U.S. until January 2018  but might shut down the program early in the new year. But DHS officials ultimately decided to extend the immigration for another 18 months to give Haiti's government more time to prepare for the return of residents who were forced to leave the country.
Sen. Bill Nelson  D-Fla.  called the move by DHS "unconscionable" and urged   [TGT] to reconsider.
There is no reason to send 60 000 Haitians back to a country that cannot provide for them. This decision today by DHS is unconscionable. And I am strongly urging   [TGT] to reconsider. Ultimately  we need a permanent legislative solution. https://t.co/Ft0bE0itf6 â Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) November 21  2017
Duke met with Haitian Foreign Minister Antonio Rodrigue and Haitian Ambassador to the United States Paul Altidor recently in Washington to discuss   [TGT]  's thinking ahead of the formal announcement.
More:   [TGT] administration extends protections for Haitians for six more months
More: Senators plead with   [TGT] administration to let 50 000 Haitians stay
More:   [TGT] immigration agency wants to kick 50 000 Haitians out of the USA