In Direct Appeal to Trump, Catholic Bishops' President Urges End of Mass Deportations of Haitians

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WASHINGTON — A few weeks after Temporary Protected Status for Haiti was terminated, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, urged the Trump administration to end mass deportations to Haiti.In a letter to President Donald Trump dated Sept. 8, Archbishop Coakley wrote, “I implore you to avoid further endangering innocent human life by causing the deportation of large numbers of people to H…