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Haiti

Floor Speech

Date: April 21, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, on Haiti, later today, I am meeting with Haiti Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime to discuss how we can support Haiti's path to security and democracy by helping its government stop violence and root out corruption.

The Haitian community is woven into the fabric of American society, and it is particularly true in New York, which is the proud home of the largest Haitian-American diaspora in the country.

Sadly, Donald Trump continues to vilify and demean Haitian-Americans with his bigoted attacks. He repeated vile, baseless stereotypes about Haitians on the campaign trail and tried to strip them of temporary protected status.

In defiance of the process that Congress established, Trump threatened Haitians' TPS, even though the dangerous conditions they fled in Haiti persist and are even getting worse. That is cruel, and that won't fix our broken immigration system.

I will continue fighting for the Haitian community in New York and beyond to help Haiti make progress on the challenges it faced today, and I look forward to meeting with the Prime Minister.

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