MIAMI — Miami residents who identify as Haitian Americans are among those affected by the end of the Temporary Protected Status that kept them safe in South Florida.
Corrine, who asked not to be identified by last name, said she was 9 years old when she moved to Miami from Haiti, just 12 days after the earthquake in 2010.
“I’ve been here for 16 years, I’ve obtained an education, I work, I volunteer at my church with children,” Corrine, 26, said. “I’m angry; I’m scared. I don’t know what to think; I don’t know what to do.”
Conditions in the Caribbean nation are so bad that the U.S. State Department has the highest level warning for U.S. citizens traveling to Haiti.
In late June, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end TPS for Haitians on July 10, but active litigation forced an extension on July 24.
“There’s nothing in Haiti for us. Haiti is not a safe place anymore. What would we go back to? We would have to worry about being murdered, raped,” Corrine said.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s end of TPS for Haiti will impact some 350,000 people nationwide.
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