| After Haiti earthquake, the world has become united. | | | | of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center regretted |
| Countries are offering aids as per their capacity. In | | | | “it can take years and years for families to be |
| such an action Homeland Security Secretary Janet | | | | reunited”. |
| Napolitano said "an impulse to leave the island and to | | | | A public opinion is framing to let those Haitian to enter |
| come here." Now, according to Obama’s | | | | US who have their children critically injured and need to |
| administration the rules for US immigration are strict, | | | | be admitted immediately for treatment. Others |
| the Haitians and their relatives are in anger due to such | | | | recommend granting those early who applied before |
| policies. US government can be considered as split | | | | the earthquake and approved at some extent for the |
| personality for sure. | | | | USA visa which allows foreign relatives of US citizens |
| The Congress members who are in favor of | | | | or legally permanent residents. |
| immigration are putting in pressure on Homeland | | | | Haiti was already overpopulated due to bad policies |
| Security and the State Department to provide | | | | and environmental degradation before the quake. It |
| relaxation in rules. This situation has inflamed a debate | | | | was a place where people used to eat mud to cope |
| about letting more Haitians to enter US. | | | | with pain of starvation. Port-au-Prince was a place |
| To feel the situation some facts are in. About 19,000 | | | | where millions of people lived in earthquake, but as of |
| applications for US visas are pending. About 55,000 | | | | now about 80% of them are living outside. Helpless |
| have been granted family visas, still there are on | | | | Haitians are running short of food aid. They beat food |
| waiting as US Congress has defined the limits on how | | | | looters to death. |
| many to enter per year. Cheryl Little, executive director | | | | |