If anyone needs help, it's Haiti

International Herald Tribune | Oct. 13, 2008 (Editorial)

There is something the United States can do immediately to help Haitians help themselves. It is to grant "temporary protected status" to undocumented Haitians in the United States, so they can live and work legally as their country struggles back from its latest catastrophe. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Oct 13, 2008 - 9:48 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Fabrice Florin (review), Derek Hawkins (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Dwight Rousu
3.8
 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 14, 2008

The problems in Haiti have been mostly invisible with the news focus on an election, and an economic collapse. This opinion calls for some attention to Haiti, and definitely better social concern than Senior Colon ( a.k.a. Christopher Columbus) bestowed in the start of colonialism in the 1400's.

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Fabrice Florin
3.5
 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 13, 2008
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Derek Hawkins
3.7
 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 13, 2008

I have friends doing medical and relief work in Haiti, so this strikes a nerve for me.

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