30 Thousand Haitians ordered to leave the US

Posted by Catherine Stifter  February 16, 2009

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-16-haitian-deportees_N.htm?POE=click...

U.S. immigration authorities say they've ordered 30,000 Haitians to leave the country. Haitian officials, however, say they're not issuing the travel documents needed to process most deportees.

Handfuls of deportees with valid passports have been returned to Haiti since Dec. 5, following a three-month break in deportations, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. But Haitian officials say the storm-batted Caribbean country needs time to recover and can't handle the return of its citizens.

Read more at USA Today.

Tags: deportation
Topics: ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Immigrants, Policy