NEW YORK – Haitian American legislator Rodneyse Bichotte late last month reintroduced a bill in the New York State Assembly she says will help prevent racial profiling by increasing data collection and reporting standards.
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People of color in the United States, a category which envelopes the majority of Caribbean nationals, have become disproportionate victims of the dangerous novel coronavirus (COVID-19), early findings appear to show.
NEW YORK– A Haitian American legislator has strongly condemned what she describes as the “egregious and inhumane” treatment meted out to a 33-year-old black man during a New York Police Department (NYPD) enforcement of the social distancing mandate recently.
Jamaicans who visited the United States and overstayed their time as a result of COVID-19 travel restrictions, will not be penalized by the United States Immigration department.
The United States slowed and, in some cases, shut down delivery of vital medical supplies for multiple Caribbean nations needed to battle the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which poses a mounting threat to the region.
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks, has conveyed the Government’s appreciation to members of the Diaspora all over the world, for their support of last Easter Sunday’s ‘Telethon Jamaica Together We Stand’, which raised funds to contribute to Jamaica’s fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jamaica and other Caribbean countries are very aware and sensitive to global shocks, according to Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
The administration of President Donald Trump last month deported 129 Haitian migrants, although many were possibly exposed to the novel coronavirus while in custody in the United States.
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks says every effort is being made to get Jamaicans stranded in the United States home as soon as possible and to have the US extend the expired temporary visas of Jamaicans caught in the US due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
NEW YORK – The New York-based Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), says it will be dedicating this year to the life and legacy of Jamaican National Hero and Pan-Africanist Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Caribbean and other non-immigrants are being allowed to extend their stay in the United States during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as long as they file their applications in a timely manner.
Miami, Florida – Congresswoman Wilson led a letter to House leadership asking that any future coronavirus response package bar the administration from deporting Haitian nationals for the duration of the global pandemic.
