PEPFAR. we are also pushing to include funding to expand this initiative to all Caribbean nations. While the national security threats of our countries are different in terms of scale. we must work to ensure cooperation in the fight against drugs. small arms. and transnational crime. all which threaten the entire region. Rising crimes rates in the Caribbean can be attributed to a deportation process that does not widely consider the negative impact on receiving countries. Criminal deportees sent to the Caribbean often have established themselves in the United States. and being sent to the Caribbean without financial or social support can foster poverty in the region. The situation of poverty. if left unaddressed. increases the transnational pressure to adopt extremist ideology. We must therefore be committed to decreasing the incidence of crimes leading to deportation through the sharing of resources and information. There must be a regional effort to address threats of terrorism in the United States and the Caribbean. Supporting Haitis reconstruction process should also be a priority of the U.S. government. As the second freestate in the Western Hemisphere. how we treat Haiti as a recovering democracy is how we treat ourselves. As Haiti makes efforts under the leadership of President Preval to rebuild. the U.S. can serve as an important bilateral partner. The need to grant temporary protected status (TPS) to Haitian nationals in the U.S. is urgent to ensure the protection of Haitians as well as remission preservation during the countrys time of recovery. These remissions are crucial to the welfare and survival of Haiti from recent environmental and political difficulties. As the cornerstone of development. educational collaboration should be sought in the Western Hemisphere to promote higher living standards and stronger democratic institutions.
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