Haitians

Duolingo says is partnering with Haitian-run businesses across the county, giving away a free month of the app’s premium subscription service when customers patronize and practice Haitian Creole participating businesses.

'Sa k ap fèt?' Duolingo is launching a Haitian Creole course for English speakers

Wilkine Brutus

Duolingo is launching a Haitian Creole course and challenged Miami Mayor Francis Suarez to participate in its curriculum.

A Haitian gang member in Port-au-Prince inspects U.S.-made AK-47 assault rifles smuggled into the country last month.

U.S. criminal complaint alleges South Floridians smuggled guns to powerful Haitian gang

Tim Padgett

An FBI investigation accuses three South Florida Haitians of purchasing high-power rifles and pistols for 400 Mawozo, the gang now holding U.S. missionaries.

Haitian migrants in Necoclí, Colombia, walk toward boats that will take them to the town of Acandí, across the Gulf of Urabá. The boats can't keep up with the number of Haitians looking to travel from Colombia through the jungle to Panama to eventually reach the U.S.

Thousands of Haitians prepare to trek through Panama's jungle and on to the U.S.

John Otis

Haitian migrants are camped out on the beaches of this Colombian town, which is a stopover before the Darién Gap leading to Panama. They hope the United States will take them in.

TRUMP-FEELING MOMENT Horse-mounted U.S. Border Patrol agents drive back asylum-seeking Haitian migrants on the bank of the Rio Grande at Del Rio, Texas, last weekend.

Commentary

Yes, It's Fair To Say That Biden, Democrats Created Haitian Crisis In Del Rio — Along With GOP

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY Many Democrats feel it's unfair to hold a Democratic administration culpable for this month's Haitian migrant crisis at the border. No, actually it's not.

Haitians crossing the Rio Grande into Del Rio, Texas, last week.

Haitian Advocates Criticize Biden, Say Haiti Needs Reform Before Migrants Are Deported There

Tim Padgett

South Florida Haitian leaders are criticizing the Biden Administration as it begins deporting thousands of Haitian migrants who crossed into Texas last week.

Hundreds of people are living in a makeshift tent city inside the main soccer stadium in Les Cayes, Haiti, following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake.

Haitians Who Have Lost Their Homes Are Living On A Muddy Soccer Field

Jason Beaubien

The soccer stadium in the Haitian seaside town of Les Cayes is now a tent city of people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the earthquake. Aid continues to arrive, but slowly.

U.S. Coast Guard vessels in Key West, Fla. Most of their resources in Key West are devoted to interdicting Cuban migrants. Cubans are trying to reach the U.S. in larger numbers, concerned that preferential treatment will disappear as the two countries normalize relations.

WPB Water Advisory Lifted, Healing After Gun Violence, And Rise In Migrants Off South Florida Coast

Andrea Perdomo

The week-long water advisory has been lifted in the city of West Palm Beach and surrounding areas, addressing community gun violence and healing trauma, and the rise of migrants being intercepted by the Coast Guard.

Sasha Sanon (left) and Esther Fortune (right) are the co-founders of Jahfe, a Haitian reggae band that has performed throughout Florida for over 20 years and have toured Europe and Haiti.

Jahfé, A Haitian Roots Reggae Band, Transcends Cultural Boundaries Amid The Pandemic

Wilkine Brutus

The members of Jahfé say the pandemic amplified the band's introspective take on society — beyond musical inspiration.

Haitian-Americans demonstrate outside the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach on Haitian Flag Day last week urging the Biden Administration to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for undocumented Haitians living in the U.S.

After Marathon Lobbying Effort, Haitians Get TPS Extension

Tim Padgett

Saying Haiti right now is not a safe country for people to return to, the Biden Administration has renewed Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the U.S.

Less Than Zero: Modern Maya Know Why Trump's Refugee Limit Makes No Sense

Tim Padgett

COMMENTARYWe’re locked in yet another Trump-era moment that forces us to ponder the Ugly American.Right now it’s President Trump’s alleged efforts to…

Haitian Leaders In Miami Applaud TPS Extension, Seek Permanent Solution

Chris Remington

Tens of thousands of Haitians with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) have been granted more time to stay in the Sunshine State, at least for now. TPS was…

Envoy To Haitian TPS Holders: Leaving U.S. For Canada Not A Good Idea

Tim Padgett

This summer thousands of Haitians living under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the U.S. have been attempting to move to Canada. But Canada is warning…