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The first deportation flight landed in Haiti after temporary protected status ended for Haitians.
Ending TPS protections for Haitians has stripped local home care aides of work permits and is pushing families to consider uncertain futures at the Canadian border.
Businesses that rely on Haitian workers with Temporary Protected Status are beginning to feel the impact as employees leave their jobs, forcing some owners to replace workers while preparing for higher labor costs.
A Haitian American attorney from South Florida has a message to those in the community as temporary protected status comes to an end: “Do not panic.”
Vulnerable migrants in need often turn to Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center in North Miami for help.
Norah Massenet had already talked with her team about the possibility that a recent day at work could be her last.
Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, which was set to end Friday, has been extended for two more weeks, until July 24.
On Friday, more than 300,000 Haitians living in the United States legally under Temporary Protected Status will become suddenly deportable and lose their work permits following last month’s Supreme Court decision that allows the Trump administration final discretion to end TPS.
A recent Supreme Court ruling is already being felt in South Florida, leaving thousands of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders in legal limbo.
Farrah Larrieux, who was born in Haiti, has been living in the U.S. for two decades with Temporary Protected Status that remained in limbo even after a federal judge sided with about 350,000 others like her.
A 30-year-old woman, born in Haiti, has been living in South Florida since she was 4 years old. She said she is among the Haitian Americans preparing for the U.S. Temporary Protected Status to end on Feb. 3.
President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Monday that the temporary protected status for Nicaraguans was ending in 60 days.
Officials in South Florida are speaking up against the end of the U.S. Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans over fear that it will hurt their local economies.
The Trump administration will not be renewing the Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans when it expires in April.
Frantz Fabien is among the Haitians in South Florida who are worried about the possibility of the expiration of the Temporary Protected Status in August.