Haiti, Trump administration and Temporary Protected Status
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Whitney, a Haitian immigrant with Temporary Protected Status, made the decision to leave her family and move to Mexico rather than await possible deportation from the U.S.
A federal judge's eleventh hour order blocking the deportation of Haitians legally sheltering in the U.S. was a massive victory for immigrants, Florida Democrats argued on Tuesday — but not enough.
The Trump Administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti puts hundreds of thousands at risk of returning to a country in crisis.
According to the United Nations, more than 1.4 million people have been displaced across Haiti as gang violence and political instability worsen. Doctors Without Borders says it is “alarmed and outraged” by what it calls the overwhelming severity of sexual and gender-based violence.
In her opinion, federal district court Judge Ana Reyes wrote that it was “substantially likely” that the decision to end TPS was “preordained” by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem because of her “hostility to nonwhite immigrants” and that DHS has violated the Administrative Procedure Act.
Haiti, health and political leaders sounded the alarm Thursday about the significant impacts on the nation’s health care system. More than 350,000 Haitian immigrants stand to lose Temporary Protected Status,