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.

Caribbean nationals in the United States have been warned not to leave the country as the U.S. government ramps up efforts to stave off the rapidly spreading and deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The administration of United States President Donald Trump is sending warships to the Caribbean claiming it is an effort to stop the illegal drug trade.

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of 19 attorneys general from around the United States has challenged the administration of President Donald Trump’s efforts to potentially undermine asylum protections for thousands of Caribbean and other immigrants.

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.

Some Caribbean nationals facing deportation and other actions from law enforcement in the United States are getting a reprieve - for now - after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agreed to “temporarily” scale down those processes as the country battles the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Jamaica’s Permanent representative to the Organisation of American States (OAS) and Ambassador to the United States Her Excellency  Audrey Marks has lamented the underperformance of Latin America and the Caribbean in harnessing the power of technology to move their economies forward.