DHS EXTENDS PROTECTED STATUS TO 58,000 HAITIANS

The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it will extend immigration protections for 58,000 Haitians living in the United States for six more months, but urged them to start returning to the povertystricken Caribbean nation as the protections may not be renewed.

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.