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Haiti - Politic : The United States partner of the Haitian Government in the North 17/08/2018 09:20:53
Ambassador Sison and a U.S. Embassy delegation first visited the Haitian National Police’s (HNP) POLIFRONT base in Morne Casse https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-25240-icihaiti-morne-casse-inauguration-of-a-solar-installation-for-the-border-police-base.html where the U.S. Embassy through the State Department’s INL Bureau has provided funding to IOM to provide materials and training to help establish POLIFRONT’s presence in the region. POLIFRONT has already demonstrated its increased capabilities, arresting suspected traffickers and smugglers and prohibiting contraband in the border areas. The U.S. Embassy (INL) is discussing a second agreement with IOM that will allow POLIFRONT to expand to other locations along Haiti’s border. "The United States is committed to its partnership with Haiti to combat transnational crime and all forms of illicit trafficking," declared Ambassador Sison Subsequently the American delegation visited the General Tax Administration (DGI), the General Administration for Customs (AGD), and Immigration. Through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Customs Support project, the United States is providing $4 million towards a three-year initiative to modernize Haitian customs service processes for revenue collection, traveler processing and contraband interdiction. USAID and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) are collaborating to support this project, which also provides joint training to both Haitian and Dominican border agents for better control of merchandise movement across the border. Ambassador Sison and the delegation also met with representatives of the Haitian Red Cross, civil society, and the Institut du Bien-Être Social et de Recherches (IBESR child welfare agency) at the Ounaminthe border to discuss trafficking, child protection, and migration issues. The final stage of the visit focused on the assessment of the role of the private sector at the border at the Industrial Development Company's (CODEVI) industrial park, in Ouanaminthe. Let's recall that in 2010, U.S. Congress passed "The Haiti Economic Lift Program Act" (HELP) to help create sustainable support for Haiti’s economy by expanding tariff benefits for Haitian textile and apparel exports to the United States. This law works in conjunction with the United States’ HOPE legislation, which mandated that U.S. Customs and Border Protection provide technical assistance to Haitian Customs. At CODEVI, where Haitian workers produce clothing for the U.S. market, the delegation met with Haitian workers benefitting from HOPE and HELP legislation. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25258-haiti-news-zapping.html https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-25240-icihaiti-morne-casse-inauguration-of-a-solar-installation-for-the-border-police-base.html HL/ HaitiLibre
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