Haiti’s leader calms immigrants

MIAMI (AP) – Haiti’s president plans to ask for a yearlong extension of U.S. immigration privileges granted to Haitians after a 2010 earthquake.

The Department of Homeland Security has said more than 50,000 Haitians legally living and working in the U.S. to plan to return home when their employment and residency benefits expire in January.

The Miami Herald reported that at the Little Haiti Cultural Center on Friday, Haitian President Jovenel Moise said Haitians worried about losing their “temporary protected status” should “calm down,” since his government will request a 12-month extension.