; Whereas in stark contrast to former Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s promise of a victim-centered response to the cholera epidemic, the United Nations has not effectively engaged cholera victims in the remedial process according to numerous reports; Whereas Haiti’s challenges were exacerbated on October 4, 2016, after category four Hurricane Matthew left a trail of damage and destruction not seen since the 2010 earthquake, causing damage estimated at one third of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), $2,700,000,000, causing hundreds of deaths, and leaving an additional 1,400,000 people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance; Whereas according to the World Bank, Haiti’s economic growth has contracted to less than one percent, the unemployment rate remains above 40 percent, and the overwhelming majority of Haitians, 60 percent, continue to live well below the national poverty line of $2.42 per day; Whereas in 2016, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, in coordination with other United States agencies, conducted on-the-ground assessments and reaffirmed the persistence of the conditions which prompted Haiti’s TPS designation; Whereas these conditions include acute housing and food shortages, debilitating economic conditions, political instability, susceptibility to environmental disasters, disproportionate security risks faced by women and children, gutted infrastructure, and inadequate access to healthcare; Whereas the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti estimates that Haitian TPS holders contribute $1,300,000,000 to Haiti’s economy through remittances, about 15 percent of GDP, and support up to 500,000 relatives; Whereas the Immigrant Legal Resource Center estimate that termination of the TPS for Haiti, which would deprive Haitian nationals of employment authorization, threaten the viability of their businesses, and subject them to deportation, could cost the United States $2,700,000,000 in GDP and $428,000,000 in Social Security and Medicare contributions over 10 years