South Florida Haitians outraged as Trump moves to end TPS
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.
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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.
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.
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Many of those affected live in South Florida, including Maximiliano Hernández, who came to the U.S. in 2021 and filed for TPS soon after arriving.
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The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants.
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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.
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"The fight is far from over, but this is a very big setback," said Adelys Ferro, executive director of the Venezuelan American Caucus.
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In March 2022, Marco Rubio had urged the Biden administration to extend TPS protections for Venezuelans, citing the ongoing crisis under Nicolas Maduro's regime.
It was the first such measure singling out all passport holders from a particular country since President Trump returned to the White House.
The ruling safeguards the status of approximately 350,000 Venezuelans in the U.S.
Venezuelan migrants were slated to lose their government-issued work permits and deportation protections next week, on April 7.
"We are not criminals… we are law-abiding citizens," community members said at a press conference in Little Haiti.
The decision means Haitians would lose work permits and could be eligible to be removed from the country by August.
The lawsuit seeks to restore an 18-month extension granted by the Biden administration in January.
The revocation affects an estimated 350,000 Venezuelans covered under a 2023 TPS designation.
The Trump administration is reversing the Biden administration's decision to extend the Temporary Protected Status program for Venezuelans in the U.S.
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