The Crisis I Witnessed in Haiti
The Supreme Court’s decision yesterday could expose more than 330,000 Haitians in the U.S. to the risk of being returned to one of the world’s most dangerous humanitarian crises. The Trump administration argues that Haiti is now safe enough to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS). But the facts on the ground tell a different story.
I recently visited Haiti to connect with my Doctors Without Borders colleagues and patients in several medical programs. What I witness is a humanitarian crisis. Public services have all but collapsed. Entire neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince have fallen within the control of violent armed groups.
One woman I met went into labor as one of Port-au-Prince's frequent gun battles raged near her home. She was forced to wait until the next morning, when shooting stopped, to find a motorcycle taxi driver willing to navigate around barricades and checkpoints to reach the maternity hospital. Fortunately, she received the care she needed, and her baby daughter was born healthy and beautiful.
But this story is not unusual in........
