PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands—The Turks and Caicos
Islands will resume deportations of Haitians who were in the
British Caribbean territory illegally before their country's
devastating earthquake, the government said Thursday.
Immigration authorities in the island chain just north of Haiti
consulted with officials in Britain and decided the temporary
suspension of deportations was no longer warranted, the
government said in a statement.  The deportation ban affected
only Haitians already in the Turks and Caicos before the January
2010 earthquake, while illegal immigrants who arrived later have
been regularly sent home.  Turks and Caicos was among several
jurisdictions in the region that suspended deportations after
the quake on humanitarian grounds in an effort to help
impoverished Haiti recover from the worst natural disaster in
its history. The U.S. has extended what's known as temporary
protected status for Haitians until Jan. 22, 2013.  In the Turks
and Caicos, immigration authorities will foc