Haitians will no longer be eligible for temporary agricultural and seasonal visas in the U.S. following a new regulatory filing from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The announcement notes that citizens of Haiti, as well as Belize and Samoa, will be prohibited from applying for the temporary H-2A and H-2B visas.
The DHS publishes a list of eligible countries annually. This year, 83 countries are included in the list, but Haiti is noticeably absent.
In the filing, the DHS justifies the move by noting that Haitian nationals “present extremely high rates of refusal,” and “have historically demonstrated high levels of fraud and abuse, and a high rate of overstaying the terms of their H-2 admission.” Haiti reportedly did not demonstrate improvement in these areas of concern. However, the justification provides no evidence or statistics to back the claim.
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