Vows to Move Fast for Haitian Immigrants in U.S.
Submitted by Naomi Ishisaka on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 01:28
THE NEW YORK TIMES — Clutching their passports and well-thumbed documents, hundreds of illegal Haitian immigrants crowded into a Roman Catholic church here on Wednesday to seek help in applying for a program that would allow them to stay and work legally in the United States for 18 months.
Officials said they expected 100,000 to 200,000 Haitians who have been living illegally in the United States to take advantage of the offer from the Obama administration for temporary legal status.
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