Letting Haitians join family in the U.S.


Allowing Haitians to reunite with family members in the United States would be another way to help ease the humanitarian crisis after the devastating earthquake.

As USCRI President Lavinia Limon explained in a recent Washington Post story, letting Haitians join U.S. relatives would relieve at least some of the humanitarian burden in Port-au-Prince. The United States, she said, has airlifted foreigners out of other emergencies, such as Albanians from Kosovo and refugees from the Vietnam War.

Many believe that earthquake survivors in need of medical assistance, children who have lost parents, and other Haitians with family members in our country should be helped to quickly reach the United States. 

Read the full Washington Post article.

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