Growing up behind walls at Mitch Albom's Haitian orphanage
Haiti's gangs have near-total control of Port-au-Prince. Bestselling author Mitch Albom runs an orphanage in the city. Children there grow up and get an education in a haven behind walls.
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Inside author Mitch Albom's Haiti orphanage
In Port-au-Prince, Haiti's gang-controlled capital, there's an orphanage taking in the most at-risk kids. It's run by bestselling author Mitch Albom and his wife Janine.
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First, a report on ships stranded by the Strait of Hormuz closure. Then, could lasers help fend off Iran's drones? And, a look inside author Mitch Albom's Haiti orphanage.
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Growing Up Behind Walls | Sunday on 60 Minutes
You rarely hear a hopeful story coming from Haiti. Sunday, Anderson Cooper reports on an orphanage caring for the country's most vulnerable children, giving them safety, stability, and a path to college.
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Haitians who were set to lose their deportation protections on Tuesday. CBS News immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
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Haitian gang leader sentenced to life in prison over U.S. missionary kidnappings
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Maps show Hurricane Melissa's forecast path
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Hurricane Melissa death toll surpasses 50 as focus turns to recovery
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Haiti digs out from hurricane destruction
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A look at Hurricane Melissa's impact
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At least 28 dead as Hurricane Melissa leaves Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba reeling
People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed.
Hurricane Melissa bearing down on Jamaica as a Category 5
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Hurricane Melissa begins assault on Jamaica
Category 4 Hurricane Melissa is expected to bring "life-threatening and catastrophic" flash flooding and landslides to Jamaica, the southern parts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic over the next few days. Jason Allen has a report from Kingston and meteorologist Andrew Kozak has a look at the forecast.
Judge rules against Trump's attempt to end protections for Venezuelans, Haitians
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Darien Gap 2021: A Haitian Exodus
In 2010, a devastating earthquake drove Haitians from their homeland to rebuild their lives. Ten years later in the wake of a pandemic-shattered economy, thousands of native born Haitians that had made their home in South America left their lives behind again and began making their way north to America. CBSN Originals met families preparing to cross the treacherous Darien Gap, dense jungle that correspondent Adam Yamaguchi trekked 4 years earlier to document the sacrifice migrants are willing to make in the hopes of finding a better life in the US.
Who qualifies for temporary protected status?
The Department of Homeland Security officially restored temporary protected status to more than a quarter of a million Haitians on Saturday. A federal judge ruled earlier in July that DHS can't end the authorization for Haitians early, and it must remain in effect until Feb. 2026. CBS News' Jericka Duncan explains how the designation works.
Police seize ton of cocaine in high seas shootout; 3 suspects killed
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Trump revokes legal status of 500K+ migrants
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Trump ending Biden-era migrant parole program
The Trump administration is telling more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela that their legal status is being revoked. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
More on SCOTUS parole decision
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to end humanitarian parole protections for more than 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Thomas Dupree joins with more.
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