New York has more Haitian immigrants than anywhere else in the world–and a great number of them live in Brooklyn. On Saturday, WNYC went to Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights to talk to undocumented Haitian immigrants applying for Temporary Protected Status, which will allow them to stay in the U.S. for another 18 months in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti. It doesn’t come cheap, though–it costs $470 for an adult to apply.And from the public radio show “Speaking of Faith,” an audio slideshow documenting a vodou ceremony in Brooklyn–a fascinating look into a religion which has long been demonized but rarely understood.Needless to say, the Ink will be following the story of the Haitian community in Brooklyn closely over the coming months.
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