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23 May, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Big news.
In March I asked @SecMayorkas about @Haleaziz’s reporting DHS was deporting Haitians despite the fact Biden admin knew they’d be sending them to danger.
The same month, we traveled to Tijuana with @GuerlineMJozef who introduced me to Haitian families stuck in Tijuana, unable to seek relief in the U.S.
When @SecMayorkas brought me into his private office this month after our sit-down I was struck he had a photo of a Haitian boy at Miami airport reuniting with his family after the 2010 quake. I asked him right away about TPS for Haiti, which he hadn’t yet acted on. Now he has.
There were 34 flights removing Haitians from the U.S. to Haiti by the Biden administration before this new TPS designation, according to @GuerlineMJozef and @WitnessBorder.

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While we're talking bipartisan commissions, a reminder lawmakers including @AOC called for one to investigate Trump's forced separation of over 5,500 parents from kids, called "torture" by @P4HR and "government-sanctioned child abuse" by @AmerAcadPeds. vox.com/policy-and-pol…
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8 May
NEW: @SecMayorkas brought me into his office and showed me a photo on his wall of a Haitian boy after 2010 quake. I asked why admin hasn’t given Haitians temporary protected status. He said “it’s still under review... certainly is uppermost in my mind.”
I first asked @SecMayorkas about TPS for Haiti when we spoke in March.
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6 May
EXCLUSIVE: Biden admin may bring whole families to U.S. to reunite with separated children, not just parents. Task force is working on a process where “immediate family members," like siblings and stepparents, "can also apply." With @JuliaEAinsley. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
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4 May
Thank you, Bryan, for sharing your story.
After three years, Bryan will be reunited this week with his mom, who was deported after they were separated by the Trump administration in 2017. Three other families will also be reunited this week. More in our latest reporting here, with @JuliaEAinsley. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
Last night I mentioned to @maddow that Bryan, who was separated from his mom by Trump over three years ago and will be reunited this week, graduated HS early and just got a job working for a pro bono legal service provider for migrant kids. Here’s more details, from @ImmDef.
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