28314: Hermantin(Announcement)RALLY & MARCH SATURDAY APRIL 22 FOR EQUAL TREATMENT FOR H (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

RALLY & MARCH SATURDAY APRIL 22 FOR EQUAL TREATMENT FOR HAITIANS!

Gather at 54th Street and North Miami Avenue at 2 pm & March to 79th & Biscayne 
Boulevard

TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS) AND WORK PERMITS FOR HAITIANS NOW!

STOP DEPORTATIONS TO HAITI!



Nationals of seven countries currently enjoy Temporary Protected Status (TPS) 
in the United States:  Nicaraguans, Hondurans, Salvadorans, Burundis, Somalis, 
Liberians, and Sudanese – but not Haitians!  TPS halts all deportations and 
grants work permits to all nationals of countries so designated.  But Haitians 
have never received TPS and continue to be deported to Haiti despite conditions 
there!



We are glad for Cubans and for the Central Americans who have TPS and cannot be 
deported.  They are our brothers and sisters!  But it is immoral and wrong to 
deport Haitians despite the catastrophic natural disasters, devastating 
economic conditions, brutal human rights abuses, political paralysis, endemic 
violence, institutional failures and meltdown, and massive unemployment and 
poverty in Haiti!



Grant Haitians TPS!  These deportations destroy our families, devastate our 
community, cut off remittances which sustain hundreds of thousands in Haiti, 
and discriminate against Haitians!



Our elected political leaders will LISTEN when we demonstrate and march! 
Gather Saturday, April 22 at 2 pm at 28 NE 54th Street and march to the DHS 
building at 79th and Biscayne Boulevard!



Stand up and come out this Saturday April 22!  Don’t be left out!  Celebrate 
with thousands of Haitian brothers and sisters and bring your family and 
friends!  Raise your voice to demand:   Stop Haiti Deportations!  TPS and work 
permits for Haitians!  Equal Treatment for Haitians Now!



Contact:  Marleine Bastien, Executive Director, FANM/Haitian Women of Miami, 
305 756-8050; Lavarice Gaudin, 786 285-3209; Steven Forester of FANM, 786 
877-6999.



Supported by the Haitian American Grassroots Coalition; Haitian Women of Miami; 
the Haitian Lawyers Association; Haiti Solidarity; Veye Yo, Haitian Youth of 
tomorrow; and a broad host of other organizations, groups, and Haitian elected 
officials!



Steven David Forester, Esq., Senior Policy Advocate
Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami/Haitian Women of Miami, Inc.
786 877-6999, www.fanm.org