Haitian
Americanadjective
noun
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a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Haiti
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the creolized French spoken in Haiti
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American sentiment was turning against newcomers, whether Vietnamese refugees, Cuban and Haitian boat people, Central Americans fleeing civil wars or Mexicans looking for economic opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Of the roughly 350,000 Haitian TPS holders in the country, nearly half live in the state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
In Springfield, a city of 60,000 about an hour’s drive north of the ICE office, roughly one in four residents are Haitian — and many of them were on TPS.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Chamber of Commerce is urging an extension of TPS for Haitian nationals “to prevent significant disruption to America’s workforce and avoid an unnecessary humanitarian crisis.”
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
She was moved as he read it aloud, seeing that Farmer was just as sensitive as she was to the fragility of Haitian life.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
The Journal reported this week that 93,000 Haitians on temporary protected status, or TPS, had been working in Florida, including thousands of cooks and nursing assistants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
An estimated 350,000 Haitians live in the United States under the program, with many working in healthcare and construction.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
While Thursday’s decision dealt with Haitians and Syrians, its rationale could affect up to 1.3 million noncitizens who are protected by Temporary Protected Status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
“In one fell swoop, thousands of Haitians and Syrians now risk losing the right to live and work in the country they call home.”
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
The captain was stationed with eight American soldiers in Haiti’s rural central plateau, charged with keeping the peace for 150,000 Haitians, mostly peasants, spread over a thousand square miles.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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