Riley's+Haiti+immigration+article+12

Haiti has recently gone through some devastating times, considering the earthquake and other disasters, people in Haiti want to flee their country, in hopes they can reach a better life. Most of the time the Haitians choose to come to the United States cause it's the closest free country, though it is hard.

People have been moving from Haiti for a few reasons, one of them is that there has been war in there country that has been going on since Columbus came and found the island in 1492. This country had woes, even when it was brand new. Including poverty and fighting among different groups. Eventually in 1915, the American marines came over to restore order to this country. Yet there are still hardships going on in that country causing people wanting to leave. The resent earthquake caused many Haitians to lose their homes. According to [|www.pbs.org/newshour], a immigrant that had come on a boat to the USA, said, "We come to this country because there is too much poverty in my country and there is nothing to eat." these minor effects are caused by two main things, one of them is that Haiti is just one of the most dangerous and poor countries, but the other thing is mainly the earthquake. What do the Haitians do? They mostly attempt to escape Haiti, and come to the U.S.A. in hope for a better life.

The Haitians get to the U.S.A. mainly by a boat, or, more likely, anything that floats. In Haiti, most people are extremely poor, and probably can't afford a boat. So in order to get a crossed the ocean to the U.S.A, they hop on something that can float, and support them, like a tire. During this trip, the Haitian people face many tragedies, and many barley survive at all. This trip can take days, to weeks of floating on the rough and bustling waters, as they travel all the way through the Caribbean Sea ( in the Atlantic Ocean), all the way to Florida. Most Haitians usually travel in large groups, on small flotation devices or boats, making it extremely uncomfortable. The end of this trip usually ends with something even harder. The INS (according to [|www.immagrationdirect.com] is the United States department to basically watch the immigration and the amount of immigrants coming into the U.S.A.) has the complete right to send the Haitians back to Haiti, or put them in jail. Although there is a way for them to get to the United States, and that is by applying for a visa. A visa is like a slip of paper that says you can stay in the U.S.A. for so long, and after that you have to get a new one. After so many years, you can finally gain citizenship in the United States. This is a hard process, and only so many immigrants can come into the U.S.A. per year, and that number is LOW!

There are different impacts of the Haitians immigrating to the US. One of which is that president Obama (on his first term) decided Haitians that immigrants should be put in the Orlando/Tampa section of FL. "We're very stressed financially now, and this is going to add to stress," says Orlando Florida’s Mayor Crotty, "so this is a balance we will need to work on strengthening."

Like Mayor Crotty, some people believe that sending these Haitian people into America will be a challenge, but can be adjusted to, but few others are "sick of foreigners" and think that Canada should try to take in and help some Haitians, too. Yet still, Haitians are coming into the US, just the same.