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Chris Van Hollen: “The State Department continues to warn Americans not to…”

Featuring: Chris Van Hollen, Democratic | U.S. Senate Maryland

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I'm live on the Senate Floor to urge passage of my Haiti TPS bill. We must protect Haiti TPS.

Published | Video Starts at 32:45

That's the reality right now. Anyone following the situation in Haiti knows it remains very dangerous indeed. As my colleagues have said, The State Department continues to warn Americans not to travel to Haiti because of crime, kidnapping, terrorism, unrest, and other factors. The country remains under a state of emergency, and the United States government has extremely limited ability to provide any emergency assistance, even to our own citizens who are there now. (32:45–32:57)

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Asserts that the State Department warns Americans not to travel to Haiti due to safety concerns.

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