; 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 4 Hurricane Matthew left a trail of damage and destruction of a level not seen since the 2010 earthquake, causing damage estimated at one-third of the nation’s 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 health care; 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