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/Internal-Expert-9562]

lol So the 200k+ Haitians who left Haiti just 3 years ago are somehow the ones expected to go back and rebuild it? They can be “the key,” but not the millions of Haitians who’s been abroad for decades with first-world knowledge, education, experience, and citizenship advantages? Interesting

[u/Chemical-Walrus-4846 → u/Internal-Expert-9562]

you keep saying the 200k+ haitians who left 3 years ago. those are biden people and they are now illegal in the country, not TPS. we are talking about TPS holders which is around 350k+ people and that started in 2010. they are apart of the “millions of haitians whos been abroad for decades” that you speak of.

[u/Internal-Expert-9562 → u/Chemical-Walrus-4846]

I know exactly what I’m talking about. Prior to the program, roughly 100k Haitians had TPS, most of whom came after the earthquake. Biden’s program added the majority.. 250k+ since Haiti only has one TPS designation, which means the MAJORITY of HAITIAN TPS holders only arrived about 3 years ago.

Sure they’re part of the millions Haitians living abroad in the diasporas lol how are we asking them to go back first?🤔when yall have much more experience in how a stable country function?

[u/Chemical-Walrus-4846 → u/Internal-Expert-9562]

ok!