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The Trump administration’s ban has stalled or canceled lifesaving procedures for at least a dozen children or young adults. The
Even before President Donald Trump told Haitians this week they will no longer be welcome in the United States, travel from the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation was already difficult. It’s been restricted by deadly gang violence,
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MyStateline.com on MSN‘Haiti don’t deserve that,’ Rockford man worries about hometown amid President Trump’s travel banA Rockford man expressed his personal concerns with President Trump’s travel ban on 12 countries. One of the countries impacted is Haiti, where James Casimir was born. Casimir said he moved to Rockford in 1994 for a better life and because of a political downfall in the country,
Sick children, families and businesses are among the many people in Haiti, a country plagued by gang violence, likely to be hit hard by a U.S. travel ban.
President Trump's new travel ban is causing concern among South Florida families as many fear they'll no longer be able to reunite with loved ones.
The detention facility still carries a notorious reputation for inhumane conditions and a "climate of extreme fear."
U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler, a fellow Republican, urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision. Lawler's 17th District includes Spring Valley, home to the second-largest Haitian diaspora, per capita, in the U.S.
"Donald Trump just ripped a life preserver from their desperate arms and tied weights around their ankles," said Reps. Pressley and Clarke.