January 12th marked the occurrence of one of the most devastating earthquakes in the global history. The US government later came out with special Immigration offers for the undocumented Haitians living in the United States.

The offers include providing temporary protected status to the Haitians, along with allowing them to work in a legal manner in the US. The officials believed that the offer would serve as a huge relief for the illegal Haitians living in the country, but contrary to their belief, the offer has not been able to grab many applicants so far.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, only 34,427 of the 100,000 to 200,000 illegal Haitians residing in the US have enrolled so far. Charities believe that the onus of lesser number of applicants goes to the high application fees and therefore, it should become mandatory to have the fee abandoned! Also, the accountability for lower applicants may be due to the fact that undocumented status may not aid in getting fair wages. Therefore, many Haitian applicants may hesitate to apply for the special Immigration offers.

Speculations are going on that government may listen to the proposal of waiving fee or at least make the process simpler for the undocumented Haitian crowd.

At the end of the day, we must understand that the special “US immigration offers” were actually crafted to ease out the worries of Haitians living in US, therefore, the process should work out in their favor!