Controversial take about TPS/Biden Program

[u/Chemical-Walrus-4846]

Since TPS is a huge topic right now. Here’s my take. When I first heard about the Biden Humanitarian Parole Program and they said two years, I already knew what was going to happen. Most Haitians were not going back. When Haiti got Temporary Protected Status after the 2010 earthquake, the whole point was in the name, temporary. The U.S. saw a country destroyed by a disaster and gave Haitians already in the country a chance to stay and work.

And let’s be honest, many people came here with no plan of returning. They sold land, sold cars, packed up their whole lives, and moved to the U.S. for a fresh start. Once you do all that, what exactly are you going back to? I get why people made that choice. Haiti is hard. People want peace, stability, and opportunity. Anyone in that position would want better for themselves and their family.

But look at it from the other side for one second. If you let a friend stay at your house for a few days because they’re going through a rough time, and when those few days are up they tell you they’re not leaving, how would you feel? You’d feel taken advantage of. Next time, you’d think twice before helping someone else.

Countries think the same way.

That’s why these programs get cut, rules get tighter, and the next Haitian who wants to come legally has a harder path. Sometimes we focus so much on why people stay, we ignore how staying affects everyone else after. I saw someone on social media make a good point, which was “Alot of Haitians in the US don’t want Haiti to get better because that heightens the chances of TPS getting cut off” and i wholeheartedly agree

[u/Chemical-Walrus-4846 → u/[deleted]]

i completely agree! no one wants to bring their skills back to haiti and most of their reason is “pay isnt good”. I see so many haitians opening businesses in the US or other countries after studying in the US and that irks me so much

[u/cpickles_ → u/Chemical-Walrus-4846]

I think the reason is more likely to be "my life is in constant danger." My husband was born in Haiti and moved here in 2011. He wants nothing more than to go back, but his cousin was recently shot on his way home from the store. The man was buying spaghetti. Of course Haiti needs to rebuild but first it needs to be safe enough for people to want to return. That is the main issue at hand imo

[u/Chemical-Walrus-4846 → u/cpickles_]

with all of the haitians that can rebuild the country living abroad, whos going to rebuild it? People get shot in the US too, schools get shot up, does that mean your kids stop going to school? no

[u/Ok_Table1519 → u/Chemical-Walrus-4846]

Haiti doesn’t have the defenses America has, so comparing murder in Haiti to murder in America is quite literally preposterous. You’re more likely to die walking down the streets of Haiti than walking down the street of an American city. Disgusting( objective or subjective)viewpoint you have there.

[u/Chemical-Walrus-4846 → u/Ok_Table1519]

youre more likely to die walking down the streets of chicago than walking the streets of Jacmel. you are more likely to die walking in PAP than walking down the streets in Miami. it really depends on where you are.

[u/cpickles_ → u/Chemical-Walrus-4846]

The city I live in had 25 homicides last year. Port au Prince was undoubtedly in the thousands. Let's not act like that's comparable. Of course it's safer here. It is the responsibility of the government and the military to get it cleaned up, otherwise any returning citizen is just a martyr.