The dismantling of a Biden-era program for Latin Americans has left them uncertain and their U.S.-based sponsors frustrated.
More than half a million Haitians in the United States will face the threat of deportation in a few months, after the Trump administration revoked an extension of Temporary Protected Status that had been put in place by the Biden administration.
The decision means that thousands of Haitians could be eligible for deportation in August. It comes as a similar move against Venezuelan migrants is challenged in court.
The Trump administration has rolled back an 18-month extension of legal immigration protections for over half-a-million Haitians temporarily residing in the United States, creating uncertainty and anxiety as their homeland continues to veer on the brink of a violent collapse led by armed gangs.
President Trump’s recent moves to end temporary protections for immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti are expected to revive a legal battle from his first term when he tried, unsuccessfully, to revoke similar legal permissions for migrants.
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Scripps News on MSNDeportation fears grip New York’s Little Haiti neighborhoodDeportation fears are gripping New York’s Little Haiti neighborhood. Scripps News visited the neighborhood to see how the mood has changed in just a few weeks.
The new order means thousands of Haitian immigrants on Long Island could lose work permits and be eligible for removal Aug. 3 unless the administration extends protection.
President Donald Trump’s elimination of a program that helped hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, Venezuelans, and other immigrants find US sponsors and jobs has outraged advocates and left their employers scrambling for ways to keep them.
Refugees and their sponsors feel stuck after halt to programs letting communities resettle newcomers
Refugees had been arriving in the United States at levels unseen in nearly three decades, aided by nonprofits and ordinary people across the political spectrum
The decision means that about half a million Haitian migrants with Temporary Protected Status would lose their work permits and could be eligible to be removed from the U.S. by August.
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