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Why TPS for Haiti Matters—and What’s at Stake

by Danielle Josyle.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration status provided by the U.S. government to eligible nationals of designated countries experiencing ongoing armed conflict, environmental disasters, epidemics, or other extraordinary conditions that make returning home unsafe…

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Andrea Vargas Andrea Vargas

Uplifting Haitian voices speaking their native tongue: Respond helps bring sexual violence advocacy to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Late one Friday afternoon in early March, one of our partner organizations, the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), contacted me with an urgent request: to translate and subtitle a video from their Haitian partner organization, the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) discussing the fight for justice for victims of sexual violence…

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