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Haiti immigration begins

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Haiti Revolution abolished slavery with the creation of a Haitian State forcing slave owners and some slaves too to take refugee in the US

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No records of Haiti immigration to US

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191 legal Haitian immigrants

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5,544 Haitians immigrated to the US

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Most Haitian Immigrants were from the upper class

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Duvalier dictatorship created civil disorder

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Haitian Immigrant class status broadened

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34,499 legal Haitian immigrants

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While Haitian Immigration increased, the US saw them as undesirables rather than political refugees

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60,000 Haitians sailed to South Florida in wooden sailboats: many drowned at sea while the rest were sent to prison camps and/or deported (these decisions were influenced by racist tendencies and ignorant support for the Duvalier regime)

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25,000 more Haitians arrived in Florida by boat

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CDC (Centers for Disease Control) labeled Haitians as a risk group for HIV causing Haitians to lose their jobs along with increased difficulty finding work and housing

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92,000 Haitians in the US

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22,940 Haitians indicted at sea

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225,000 Haitians in the US

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Jean Bertrand Aristide was elected creating Haiti’s first democratic government slowing the country's emigration

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CIA staged military coup took down newly established democratic government causing a huge wave of immigration to the US (38,000 Haitian immigrants in the first 8 months)

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88,000 undocumented Haitians in the US

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While 10,400 Haitians filed for refugee status in the US, only 18% were accepted

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419,000 Haitians in the US

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Earthquake mutilated Haiti granting Haitians with Temporary Protection Status in the US

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587,000 Haitians in the US

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676,000 Haitians in the US

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Haitians Temporary Protection Status expires

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Because of the oppressive Duvalier Dictatorship controlling Haiti, Haitians sought political refugee within the US. The US government denied these immigrants sanctuary due to racist instincts and ignorant support for the dictatorship (U.S. History In Context). According the Migration Policy Institute's Jennifer Shultz and Jeanne Batalova, the Haitians finally got Temporary Protection Status from the US when Haiti got worldwide attention for the 2010 earthquake that mutilated their country.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/117-n9bOVCdULWtEXimPSZdQjKmHfzT3NNbYPGRpSesg/edit?usp=sharing

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As noted by the U.S. History's page, Haitians, throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Haitians piled into brittle sail boats seeking political refugee from the Duvalier government. Men, women, and children drowned at sea sometimes washing up on Florida beaches.

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Roodelyne moved to the US under Temporary Protection Status after the 2010 earthquake destroyed her home in Haiti. Using her TPS, Roodelyne got a job caring for disabled adults, which she is heavily reliant on since she is a single mother of an 8-year-old son. Without TPS, Roodelyne won't be able to work; she won't be able to raise her son; and, she will have no one to turn to since all her Haitian friends are in the same position. As the TPS expiration date for Haitians has been pushed back from January 2018 to July 2019, Roodelyne has been granted with more time to think of a solution that is best for her son. However, the truth is without TPS Roodelyne and all the other Haitians will not have a home.

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59,000 Haitians with TPS may stay in the US until July 2019