[Peace-discuss] Help Haiti? Let Haitians Stay and Cancel Haiti's Debt

[Robert Naiman]

President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton have pledged that the
US will do all it can to help Haiti following the devastating
earthquake. But while getting assistance into Haiti right now is
extremely difficult, there are two things the Obama Administration
could do immediately to help Haiti that are entirely within its
control. It could grant "Temporary Protected Status" to undocumented
Haitians in the U.S. - so they can stay here instead of adding to
Haiti's burden, work legally, and send home money to help their
relatives - and it could support the cancellation of Haiti's debts to
the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, where the U.S.
Treasury department has decisive influence. So far the Administration
has refused to move on either issue. Why the delay?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/help-haiti-let-haitians-s_b_424783.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/15/12320/8494

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/450

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Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

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