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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 3d

Pou plis enfòmasyon, vizite: my.uscis.gov/accounts/annual-asylum-fee/start/overview

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 3d

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 3d

Atansyon! Si ou te ranpli fòm I-589 apre 1 ye oktòb, 2024 w ap gen pou peye frè anyel azil. USCIS pral voye lèt pèsonèl ba ou leu w ap gen pou peye frè anyèl azil ou a, ki ap gen ladan li, montan frè a, lè ou dwe peye li, kijan ou dwe peye frè, ak konsekans si ou pa peye li.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 3d

Please be aware of the annual asylum fee that is mandatory to pay every year if you filed Form I-589 after October 1, 2024. USCIS will issue personal notices when your annual asylum fee is due. For more information, visit: my.uscis.gov/accounts/annual-asylum-fee/start/overview

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 11d

We are grateful to be in this fight with our partners: NTPSA, @ndlon.bsky.social @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and UCLA CILP

Read our full statement here:https://haitianbridgealliance.org/tatement-from-tps-holders-on-filing-of-brief-opposing-governments-request-for-supreme-court-stay-in-ntpsa-v-noem/

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 11d

As our staff attorney Erik Crew said:
“TPS holders are lawfully here because they have done what U.S. laws and the Constitution have asked of them. The Supreme Court should affirm what the lower courts have made clear: TPS holders have followed the law, but the Trump administration hasn’t.”

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 11d

Families who have lived here lawfully for years are being forced to live in fear of detention and deportation. Courts have already ruled the government’s actions illegal—yet the administration continues its attack.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 11d

🇭🇹 HOW ARE HAITIAN TPS HOLDERS AFFECTED? While the Gov. only asked SCOTUS to overturn the lower court's ruling protecting Venezuelan TPS Holders, Haitian TPS Holders will not be immediately affected but our community remains at risk, + this decision will matter for all TPS holders.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 BREAKING: Today, Haitian Bridge Alliance in collaboration with our allies filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing the Trump administration’s request to strip protections from over 600,000 TPS holders from Venezuela.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 20d

“Haiti suffers not for what we lack, but for the audacity of our ancestors to liberate themselves in 1804,” said HBA’s Guerline Jozef. “Dessalines taught us freedom is non-negotiable. We refuse to let his vision die—we will resist & organize until Haiti is free from imperialism.”

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 20d

September 20th, we celebrate the birthday of Jean Jacques Dessalines—the revolutionary father of Haiti & leader of the world’s first successful slave revolt—we honor his audacity, courage & belief in Black liberation. His triumph inspired oppressed peoples everywhere.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 28d

HBA is an organizational plaintiff in this case. We are proud of our Co-counsel @humanrights1st.bsky.social + @justiceactionctr.bsky.social for their relentless fight for justice. The fight continues.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 28d

📷CHNV BENEFICIARIES: Sign up for the latest updates from the justiceactioncenter legal team as we continue to digest this opinion and assess our next steps: justiceactioncenter.org/svitlana

Svitlana Doe v. Noem Class Action

Justice Action Center (JAC) and Human Rights First (HRF) filed the lawsuit Svitlana Doe v. Noem on behalf of individual beneficiaries and sponsors of humanitarian parole processes--including the parol...

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 28d

"Let us not forget that we are talking about people who have done everything the U.S. government has asked of them, yet continue to be targeted by the calculated cruelty of the Trump administration,” said Guerline Jozef, Executive Director of HBA

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 28d

BREAKING: Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Trump administration in Svitlana Doe v. Noem, greenlighting the mass revocation of legal status and work authorization for half a million people who entered the country lawfully w/ CHNV humanitarian parole.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 28d

🌍🇭🇹Simultaneous interpretation in French & Haitian Creole will be available.
Register today: bit.ly/4gwsJZ9

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Unveiling the Legacy: Scholarly Reflections on Haiti’s “Double Debt” of 1825. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the web...

This International Center for Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma webinar, held in collaboration with Kolektif Ayisyen Afwo-Desandan (Haitian Afro-Descendants Collective), NYU Law School Global Justi...

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 28d

This conversation will explore how the debt shaped Haiti’s economy, politics, and social fabric, while also engaging with broader dialogues on reparations, justice, and healing for Haitians and their descendants worldwide.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 28d

A distinguished panel of Haitian scholars in history, sociology, economics, and law will unpack the lasting impact of the 1825 “double debt”—the indemnity Haiti was forced to pay France to secure independence.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 28d

Tune in for a powerful webinar hosted by the International Center for Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma in collaboration with Kolektif Ayisyen Afwo-Desandan, NYU Law School Global Justice Clinic, Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti+the Anacaona Center for Human Rights

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · Aug 29

The Haitian Bridge Alliance stands in unwavering solidarity with all those criminalized by poverty and oppression. Our fight is for freedom—not just in name—but for every soul that dares to belong.

Read our full statement: bit.ly/3VoNM69

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE DENOUNCES EXECUTIVE ORDER ENDING CASHLESS BAIL AS CRUEL ATTACK ON BLACK IMMIGRANTS – The Bridge

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · Aug 29

“By reviving cash bail, the administration intentionally targets Black immigrant communities—denying them freedom & dignity while enriching the bail industry.” — Guerline Jozef, Executive Director, Haitian Bridge Alliance

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · Aug 29

The Trump administration’s new executive order abolishing cashless bail across the U.S is a direct assault on Black immigrant communities and the poor.

This just fortifies our justice system that incarcerates the poor while the affluent buy their freedom.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · Aug 26

Nou ankouraje kominote nou an pou l rete enfòme, konsilte ak ekspè legal ou fè konfyans, epi pwoteje stati w la.

Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · Aug 26

San otorizasyon apwopriye, Ayisyen yo, ak lòt nasyonalite ki gen TPS, ka azil an atant, oubyen lòt stati Etazini ka pèdi pwoteksyon yo epi fè fas ak detansyon oubyen menm depòtasyon.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚨 Alèt Kominotè 🚨
Èske ou se yon Ayisyen, oubyen yon etranje, ki Ozetazini epi w ap panse pou w travèse ale Kanada? 🇨🇦

Anvan w ale, tanpri konnen risk ki genyen yo.

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