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This Sept. 6, 2017, photo shows storm damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in St. Martin. Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees. Significant damage was reported on the island known as St. Martin in English which is divided between French Saint-Martin and Dutch Sint Maarten. (Jonathan Falwell via AP)

Hurricane Irma slams Turks and Caicos on path to Florida, weakens to Category 4

By Desmond Boylan and Ben Fox - Associated Press

A man surveys the wreckage on his property after the passing of Hurricane Irma, in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. Heavy rain and 185-mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's northeast coast as Irma, the strongest Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever measured, roared through Caribbean islands on its way to a possible hit on South Florida. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)

Hurricane Irma brings death, destruction to the Caribbean

By Danica Coto and Anika Kentish - Associated Press

After loading the back of her vehicle with food Maria Minier loads a recently purchased wood panel to be used in preparation for Hurricane Irma, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Irma grew into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade, and roared toward islands in the northeast Caribbean Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Hurricane Irma hits first Caribbean islands

By Anika Kentish and Danica Coto - Associated Press

Men load recently purchased wood panels to be used for boarding up windows in preparation for Hurricane Irma, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Irma grew into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade, and roared toward islands in the northeast Caribbean Tuesday. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

The Latest: Puerto Ricans lose power; Barbuda devastated

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This Monday, Sept. 4, 2017, satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Irma nearing the eastern Caribbean. Hurricane Irma grew into a powerful Category 4 storm Monday. (NOAA via AP)

Powerful Hurricane Irma bears down on Caribbean islands

By ANIKA KENTISH and DANICA COTO - Associated Press

People put up a steel sheet over a window in preparation for Hurricane Irma, in Fort Road, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Irma grew into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade, and roared toward islands in the northeast Caribbean Tuesday on a path that could eventually take it to the United States. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)

Hurricane Irma takes aim for Puerto Rico, Florida

By Anika Kentish and Danica Coto - Associated Press

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., talks to a group of Haitian community leaders, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in the Little Haiti area in Miami. Nelson called on the administration to extend Temporary Protected Status for the nearly 60,000 Haitians living in the U.S. until at least July, 2019. Such extensions are typically renewed for 18-month intervals, but the latest announcement in May said it would expire in six months. Haitians granted the protection can live and work in the U.S. without fear of deportation. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Senator urges Trump to extend protections for Haitians

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In this July 23, 2017 photo, a Haitian bodybuilder peers from behind the curtain to watch his competitors perform at the Haiti Bodybuilding Classic, an event with Haitian and Dominican Republican athletes, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It was the first such showdown between the neighboring countries whose relations are often tense. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Haiti, Dominican Republic face off in bodybuilding showdown

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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2010 file photo, a woman speaks to U.N. peacekeepers during a food distribution at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 12. Top U.N. official for Haiti, Sandra Honore, said on Thursday, July 20, 2017 peacekeepers have accomplished their mission of stabilizing the Western hemisphere's poorest nation. Honore said Haiti today &quot;is far different&quot; than it was in 2004, when the U.N. deployed peacekeeping troops following a rebellion that left the country on the brink of collapse. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

UN official says Haiti peacekeeping a mission accomplished

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN Assembly backs $40.5 million for Haiti cholera victims

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Man denies murder charges in 2011 slayings of sisters

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FILE - In this Monday, May 15, 2017 file photo, people are treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. The U.N. health agency and some major partners have agreed on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 to send 1 million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen to help stanch a spiraling and increasingly deadly caseload in the impoverished country, which is already facing war and the risk of famine. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, file)

War-torn Yemen to get cholera vaccines as death toll mounts

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Homeland Security chief signals shift on immigration program

By JENNIFER KAY - Associated Press

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, left, talks with Haiti's President Jovenel Moise during a press conference in the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday May 31, 2017. Kelly traveled to Haiti for a brief visit less than two weeks after the Trump administration suggested that 58,000 Haitians in the U.S. should get ready to return home. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

US homeland security chief meets with Haitian leaders

By DAVID McFADDEN - Associated Press

In this Sept. 13, 2016 photo, a Sri Lanka Air Force airman carries the U.N. flag during training for a road patrol at the Institute of Peace Support Operations Training in Kukuleganga, Sri Lanka. Instructors at the training camp said they have taken steps to address the risk of sexual abuse and exploitation since the child sex ring scandal in Haiti. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

UN Peacekeepers: How a Haiti child sex ring was whitewashed

By KATY DAIGLE and PAISLEY DODDS - Associated Press

In this Sept. 13, 2016 photo, a Sri Lanka Air Force airman carries the U.N. flag during training for a road patrol at the Institute of Peace Support Operations Training in Kukuleganga, Sri Lanka. Instructors at the training camp said they have taken steps to address the risk of sexual abuse and exploitation since the child sex ring scandal in Haiti. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

UN Peacekeepers: How a Haiti child sex ring was whitewashed

By KATY DAIGLE and PAISLEY DODDS - Associated Press

Correction: Immigration Protection-Haiti story

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 22, 2011 file photo, a man stands on a tent's roof at a refugee camp, once a golf course, set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The number of Haitians displaced by the earthquake has dropped since February, according to the International Organization for Migration. They say the drop marks the steepest decline in the camp population since early last year. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

EDITORIAL: Bad news for refugees

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Wednesday, April 26, 2017 photo, Farah Larrieux poses for a photograph in her home in Miramar, Fla. Larrieux is among roughly 50,000 Haitians legally living and working in the U.S. that could suddenly face deportation if immigration privileges granted after a 2010 earthquake devastated their Caribbean homeland are allowed to expire. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Haitians fear wrenching end to US immigration protection

By JENNIFER KAY and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press