Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas in Miami to talk about new migration program
Teri Hornstein reports the program allows up to 30 thousand migrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Cuba a month to come to the US
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Teri Hornstein reports the program allows up to 30 thousand migrants from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Cuba a month to come to the US
Teri Hornstein reports he'll meet with local leaders to discuss the Biden administration's new policy.
The migrants are from Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua
The Coast Guard said the main goal after these vessels at sea, or migrants on land, is to get them to safety.
Thousands of Haitians are fleeing a spike in gang violence and deepening political instability in their country
Cubans and Haitians who illegally enter the U.S. by sea do not qualify to apply for the recently launched parole program
US Senator Rick Scott was joined by Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay during a trip to the Florida Keys on Thursday where both men agreed that a stronger plan of action was needed to curb the surge of migrants coming from Cuba and Haiti.
Peter D'Oench reports Scott said the Biden administration needs to do a better job of securing the borders.
Programs not designed to help recently-arrived migrants.
Trish Christakis reports the migrants said they had been at sea for five days.
The January 12, 2010, earthquake claimed the lives of more than 250,000 Haitians
Nicole Lauren reports a ceremony in Miramar paid tribute to those who died.
Another group of 22 migrants was released this Monday, some were taken to a train station in Ft. Lauderdale.
US will accept up to 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela
Homeland Security didn't say how many Haitians are expected to benefit from the expansion
The Homeland Security Department said Monday that Haitians who were in the United States Nov. 6 could apply for Temporary Protected Status, which typically includes authorization to work.
The Dominican Republic said it "profusely rejects" criticism of its crackdown on Haitian migrants from a growing number of countries and human rights agencies
Just weeks after the United States and Canada sent a fleet of armored vehicles to Haiti to keep gangs at bay, Haitian police briefly lost control of one of the cars in an incident that left at least two people dead, officials said.
A Haitian politician has been shot dead outside his home, authorities have said, as international concerns intensify over the gang violence, political turmoil and humanitarian crises that have seized control of the country.
Some 96,000 people have fled their homes in Haiti's capital, the U.N.'s International Organization for Migration said Friday, as the country faces a crisis that has prompted the government to request the immediate deployment of foreign troops.
Haiti's government has agreed to request the help of international armed forces
Bahamian authorities said Tuesday that they have detained 111 Haitian migrants found on an overloaded sloop in waters around the archipelago.
U.S. investigators say they have noticed an uptick in the amount and caliber of weapons being smuggled from Florida to Haiti in recent months.
CBS4's Jacqueline Qhynh reports on the uptick in the amount and caliber of weapons being smuggled from Florida to Haiti in recent months.
Coast Guard has encountered about 6,000 Haitian migrants between October and June
