
ALTERNATIVE CHANCE/CHANS ALTENATIV A self-help, advocacy program for criminal deportees in Haiti
March 28, 2008 Alternative Chance/Michelle Karshan response to 2007 US State Dept Report issued March 11, 2008 challenges assertions made regarding treatment of Criminal Deportees arriving in Haiti
Articles about Criminal Deportation to Haiti, Alternative Chance, and Criminal Deportation in general Articles on Alternative Chance, Criminal Deportees, Criminal Deportation and Haiti
CONTACT US Mailing, telephone, email, fax -- contact information
ATTENTION ATTORNEYS For attorneys fighting criminal deportation from the United States
HOW YOU CAN HELP! Donate money or materials, Volunteer in Haiti or the US.
Press Releases and Alerts Alternative Chance Press Releases and Alerts on Haiti and Criminal Deportees/Deportation
Very Brief Overview of Haitian Government Response to Criminal Deportation to Haiti Criminal Deportation to Haiti and Haitian government response
June 2006 Note on Our Work Overview of Chans Altenativ work and thinking
Preliminary Report by Michelle Karshan on Police Executions & Torture of Criminal Deportees in Haiti 2004-2006 Criminal Deportees are often targeted for execution solely because of tatoos, the way they wear their clothes, gold teeth, and different behavoir and walk
Brief Overview of Haiti's Recent History Haiti history for context
WHERE AM I? A Guide to Adjusting to Haiti Against Your Will (Excerpt) This manual provides new criminal deportees in Haiti with an orientation on numerous subjects
Criminal Deportees in Haiti Receive No Food or Water in Jail Criminal Deportees receive no food or water when imprisoned upon arriving in Haiti
Photos & Photo Credits Photos of Alternative Chance and life in Haiti for criminal deportees
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Our Outcast Youth Short documentary by David Belle about Alternative Chance as told by three young men
LINKS Resources: Our partners and other valuable resources
Links to Job Training, Job Readiness, and More Job training, Job readiness, Job resources
Alternative Chance Haitian Art Gallery Help support our work by visiting our Haitian Art Gallery
Are You a United States Citizen? Comprehensive breakdown by the Florence Project on what makes someone a US citizen
Women Criminal Deportees in Haiti International Women's Day and Women Criminal Deportees in Haiti
May 21, 2007 Advisory on the Continued Detention of Criminal Deportees Arriving in Haiti Michelle Karshan documents Haiti's continued detention of Haiti's Criminal Deportees
New life is no life for U.S. ex-cons in Haiti Chicago Tribune article about criminal deportees in Haiti
Haitian government announces it will imprison all Criminal Deportees arriving in Haiti Metropolehaiti, August 16, 2006, Haitian government announces it will put arriving Criminal Deportees in prison
Overview of Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ Past and Future Activities for Criminal Deportees in Haiti & those Challenging Criminal Deportation to Haiti, October 15, 2007 Priority Issues, Upcoming Family Camp, Collaborations, Human Rights Awards, Annual Benefit
Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ 2nd Annual Awards & Fundraising Dinner Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ to hold annual dinner at Tap Tap Haitian Restaurant in South Beach November 8, 2007
Alternative Chance/Chans Altenativ Family Camp First camp uniting children with their deported parent in Haiti for structured retreat
Donation/Reservation form Fill in form to make donation, donate frequent flyer miles, or make reservations for annual dinner
Cases of Respondents Who Fear Imprisonment as Criminal Deportees to Haiti: Haitian CAT cases since J-E

ATTENTION ATTORNEYS

For up to date information on CAT and withholding issues relating to Haitians with criminal convictions, please contact:

Kelleen Corrigan, ESQ. at Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center at kcorrigan@fiacfla.org

Kelleen Corrigan
Attorney at Law
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center
3000 Biscayne Blvd. #400
Miami, FL 33137
tel (305) 573-1106 ext. 1380
fax (305) 576-6273
kcorrigan@fiacfla.org

Our many, many thanks to Jack Wallace, Esq., formerly of Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, who initiated this role and carried it out superbly for five years or so! And sincere thanks to Jessica Zagier, Esq., who with equal dedication, took over after Jack. Also, much thanks to Becky Sharpless, Esq., also formerly at FIAC, who also worked hard on behalf of Haitians with criminal convictions facing deportation to Haiti. As of spring 2007, we welcome Kelleen Corrigan, Esq., who is an Equal Justice Works Fellow based at FIAC, to this role.

UPDATE ON HAITIAN CAT CASES SINCE J-E by Mary Holper

Lavira v. Attorney General (3rd Cir. Feb. 2007; remanded for further proceedings) (Alternative Chance testimony within)

Practice Advisory, May 22, 2007, The Burden of Proof to Overcome the Aggravated Felony Bar to Cancellation of Removal by National Immigration Project

Alternatives to Deportation? How to Work with Immigrants in the Criminal Justice System, March 14, 2006

Representing Non-citizen Criminal Defendants in New York State by Manuel D. Vargas, New York State Defenders Association - Loose-leaf manual with a concise, readable analysis of various issues to be considered by the criminal practitioner representing a non-citizen defendant in New York State. Includes charts for quick reference to determine whether a given Penal Law is an aggravated felony or a crime or moral turpitude. $35 from the New York State Defenders Association

Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center

Criminal & Deportation Defense - National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild

Surviving Detention in Police Station Holding Cell, Excerpt from WHERE AM I? A Guide to Adjusting to Haiti Against Your Will -- Please print this orientation manual for your client before s/he is deported to Haiti by Alternative Chance (TEXT ONLY VERSION)

Surviving Detention in Police Station Holding Cell, Excerpt from WHERE AM I? A Guide to Adjusting to Haiti Against Your Will (with graphics), by Alternative Chance

Deportation 101 - Detention, Deportation and the Criminal Justice System

Why Detention Is A Bad Idea And Why Detention Is Not Smart Enforcement

Supreme Court Limits Automatic Deportation For Legal Immigrants: Lopez v. Gonzales Practice Advisories and Media Materials, NYSDA