Category Archives for Press Release

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE APPLAUDS REP. AYANNA PRESSLEY’S LEADERSHIP ON TPS DISCHARGE PETITION AND URGES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT TO PROTECT HAITIAN FAMILIES
February 24, 20260Press Release

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE APPLAUDS REP. AYANNA PRESSLEY’S LEADERSHIP ON TPS DISCHARGE PETITION AND URGES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT TO PROTECT HAITIAN FAMILIES

February 24, 2026 Media Contact: media@haitianbridge.org San Diego, CA. — Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) applauds U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) for her continued leadership in championing a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension for Haitian nationals and filing a discharge…
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HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE MOURNS THE PASSING OF REVEREND JESSE L. JACKSON, SR. — GLOBAL CHAMPION OF JUSTICE, HUMAN DIGNITY, AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
February 18, 20260Press Release

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE MOURNS THE PASSING OF REVEREND JESSE L. JACKSON, SR. — GLOBAL CHAMPION OF JUSTICE, HUMAN DIGNITY, AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

February 17, 2026Contact: media@haitianbridge.org SAN DIEGO, CA — Haitian Bridge Alliance mourns the passing of Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., a towering civil rights leader whose lifelong advocacy for justice, equality, and human dignity profoundly…
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HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE CO-ANCHORED THE FIRST AFRO-LATINX ROUNDTABLE IN THE 50 YEARS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS
February 10, 20260Press Release

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE CO-ANCHORED THE FIRST AFRO-LATINX ROUNDTABLE IN THE 50 YEARS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS

February 10, 2026 Media Contact: Communications HBA, media@haitianbridge.org San Diego, CA. — The Haitian Bridge Alliance extends its sincere gratitude to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Garifuna Caucus for convening the first-ever Afro-Latino Roundtable in the 50-year…
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HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE CALLS FOR UNITY ACROSS MOVEMENTS TO DEFEND CIVIL , FREEDOM OF PRESS, AND IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
February 2, 20260Press Release

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE CALLS FOR UNITY ACROSS MOVEMENTS TO DEFEND CIVIL , FREEDOM OF PRESS, AND IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH

February 2, 2026 Media Contact:  Communications HBA, media@haitianbridge.org San Diego, CA. — As Black History Month is observed, Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA reaffirms that the struggle for justice is ongoing. At a time when civil rights protections, immigrant communities, and freedom…
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HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE, AFL-CIO, AND OVER 300 CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS URGE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO PRESERVE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITI
January 31, 20260Press Release

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE, AFL-CIO, AND OVER 300 CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS URGE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO PRESERVE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITI

January 30, 2026 Contacts:Paige Censale, pcensale@haitianbridge.orgSouzen Joseph, media@haitianbridge.orgClaudia Hernandez, chernandez@aflcio.org San Diego, CA — Today, Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), alongside labor unions, civil rights organizations, faith leaders, business voices, and community groups across the United States, sent a letter to President…
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NEW DATA REVEALS THE IMMENSE HUMAN AND ECONOMIC COST OF TERMINATING HAITI’S TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS
January 27, 20260Press Release

NEW DATA REVEALS THE IMMENSE HUMAN AND ECONOMIC COST OF TERMINATING HAITI’S TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS

January 27, 2025 Media Contacts:Media@haitianbridge.orginfo@haitianbridge.orgpress@fwd.us Haitian TPS Holders Generate 5.9 Billion for the U.S. Economy Annually    Boston, MA — FWD.us, UndocuBlack Network, and the Haitian Bridge Alliance released a new factsheet further demonstrating that Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS)…
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HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE CONDEMNS FEDERAL AGENTS’ LETHAL VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS — CALLS FOR JUSTICE FOR ALEX PRETTI AND RENÉE GOOD
January 26, 20260Press Release

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE CONDEMNS FEDERAL AGENTS’ LETHAL VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS — CALLS FOR JUSTICE FOR ALEX PRETTI AND RENÉE GOOD

January 26, 2025Contact: media@haitianbridge.org,  Paige Censale, pcensale@haitianbridge.org San Diego, CA — Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) is devastated and outraged by the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and intensive care nurse who…
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New Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ethiopia
January 24, 20260Press Release

New Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ethiopia

January 23, 2025 Media Contacts: Assefash Makonen, press@africans.us; 646-983-9170 Golnaz Fakhimi, golnaz@muslimadvocates.org; 202-655-2969 Souzen Joseph, SJoseph@haitianbridge.org;  917-399-0128 Ethiopian immigrants and advocacy organizations file an emergency lawsuit to preserve protections for thousands facing unlawful deportation to a country experiencing…
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HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE HONORS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND CALLS FOR UNIFIED ACTION ACROSS MOVEMENTS
January 20, 20260Press Release

HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE HONORS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND CALLS FOR UNIFIED ACTION ACROSS MOVEMENTS

January 19, 2025Contact: media@haitianbridge.org,  Paige Censale, pcensale@haitianbridge.org San Diego, California—– Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Haitian Bridge Alliance honors the enduring legacy of Dr. King’s struggle against state-sanctioned brutality, racial exclusion, and the abuse of…
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BREAKING: Federal Court of Appeals Hears Challenge to Cancellation of TPS for One Million Haitians and Venezuelans
January 15, 20260Press Release

BREAKING: Federal Court of Appeals Hears Challenge to Cancellation of TPS for One Million Haitians and Venezuelans

January 15, 2025 Media Contacts:Martin Pineda, mpineda@carecen-la.org (562) 916-5650Palmira Figueroa, pfigueroa@ndlon.org (425) 301-2764Sandra Hernandez, hernandezs@law.ucla.edu (310) 386-5768Marcus Benigno, communications@aclusocal.org (213) 977-5252Paige Censale, media@haitianbridge.org, info@haitianbridge.org LOS ANGELES — The U.S.Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument…
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