In front of the Broward Tranistional Center in Pompano Beach close to 1000 Haitians and supporters came together to unite their voices and urge President Barack Obama to grant them temporary protection status.
As of Feb. 9 of this year there are an estimated 600 Haitians held in the detention center and over 30,000 awaiting deportation. As I was covering this story for the Sun Sentinel, I was surprised to find that many Haitians at the protest did not have legal status in the U.S. After hearing…
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Posted on March 1, 2009 at 11:30pm —
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