The Obama Administration has given the OK to allow the thousands of undocumented Haitians here in the United States to apply for temporary protected status (TPS). TPS will allow the Haitian who are already here up to 18 months of legal status – which includes the ability to work. Deportation flights to Haiti had already been halted in the wake of the earthquake, but this goes one step further in helping Haitians.
The bad news is that newly arriving Haitians will not be eligible for TPS, and will be turned away at the border.