Haitian community pleads to keep TPS as expiration looms in South Florida
With Temporary Protected Status for Haitians set to expire on February 3, Miami leaders and faith groups urge the Trump administration not to rescind protections.
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With Temporary Protected Status for Haitians set to expire on February 3, Miami leaders and faith groups urge the Trump administration not to rescind protections.
United States aid is headed to Cuba in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, and government officials are warning the island nation that if supplies end up in the hands of the Cuban regime, there will be consequences.
Sixteen years after Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, the future remains uncertain for thousands of Haitians in the U.S. as their Temporary Protected Status is set to expire.
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South Florida's Haitian community is reacting with anger and fear after the Trump administration moved to end TPS protections for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants.
Haitian immigrants across South Florida say the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status, set to force more than 350,000 people to leave the U.S. by February 2026, is inhumane, prompting planned legal action and community backlash.
The expiration of TPS policy for Haitian immigrants would make them eligible for deportation, unless they have other legal means to stay in the U.S.
"I still don't feel like I'm home. I still feel like I'm just roaming. I feel uneasy," he said from Haiti.
Once in Haiti, the man and his American wife reunited and accepted that this is their new normal.
Hurricane Melissa brought hurricane-force gusts to Bermuda overnight and will weaken as it heads north, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Maps show its forecast path.
Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba were assessing the damage and beginning to dig out after they were slammed by Hurricane Melissa, which left dozens dead.
People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed.
Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm on Monday, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to bring catastrophic flooding to the northern Caribbean.
"It is more than kind of distressing because you don't know when and you don't know how," said Ewan Simpson, who lives in Jamaica.
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If visas are not granted, the family said they may have to livestream the funeral back to Haiti.
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The extension follows a federal judge's ruling that the Trump administration overstepped its authority when it attempted to end TPS in September.
The extension follows a federal judge's ruling that the Trump administration overstepped its authority when it attempted to end TPS in September.
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