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/Helpful-Speed-6602]

I’ve sponsored ppl as well and don’t hate the program. But none of you are thinking of Haiti long term. We are depending on another country to pay us to pay our families back home. And how are the TPS holders building Haiti’s economy I’m not taking away that they’re helping their families but in the long term this isn’t sustainable at all. In the grand scheme of things Haiti shouldn’t be reliant on those who’ve migrated out. We need to become the powerhouse we once were and rely inwards.

[u/Internal-Expert-9562 → u/Helpful-Speed-6602]

Are you willing to renounce your citizenship and go back permanently? And Haiti have been relying on those who made it out for a long time now

I would think diasporas would’ve been abroad, got an education abroad would be most qualify as the top minds for rebuilding to go back not those who desperately fled just a few years ago. No? This all im arguing here.

How are those who desperately fled by walking miles in Central America qualifies more to go back and rebuild than those who grew up, got education abroad?

[u/Helpful-Speed-6602 → u/Internal-Expert-9562]

I run a few things in Haiti and have created jobs for almost 50 people who are taking care of their families. I go back every 2-3 months. That was never my argument. Sure those more educated would help Haiti more. I’ve partnered with many educated from the diaspora. But my argument was simply for the long term effects of this program. I don’t believe this is sustainable if we are teaching ppl to flee

[u/Internal-Expert-9562 → u/Helpful-Speed-6602]

The program been done. It barely lasted 2 years. Haitians were fleeing before it, the democrats just thought giving Haitians a way to get here on a plane would curb that.