Posted on 02/20/2025 2:05:38 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is throwing out protections for roughly half a million Haitians that had shielded them from deportation. The decision announced Thursday means they would lose their work permits and could be eligible to be removed from the country by August of this year.
The Department of Homeland Security in a news release said they were vacating a decision by the Biden administration to renew Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. That status gives people legal authority to be in the country but doesn’t provide a long-term path to citizenship.
Homeland Security said an estimated 57,000 Haitians were eligible for TPS protections as of 2011 but by July of last year, that number had climbed to 520,694.
Congress created TPS in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strife, giving people authorization to work in increments of up to 18 months at a time.
Toward the end of the Biden administration, 1 million immigrants from 17 countries were protected by TPS, including people from Venezuela, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine and Lebanon. But the Trump administration has already moved to end the protections for Venezuelans.
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deport every one of them
“He’s saving the dogs! He’s saving the cats!”
Geese and cats relieved.
I’m starting to hear sad gypsy violin music in my head.
If the French and British are looking for a place to send troops, maybe rebuilding civilization in Haiti and Gaza would be a better quest than serving as human shields for Ukes killing Russians
The Dominican Republic booted them so there had to be a reason.
Make Ohio American again?
deporting half a million Haitians would raise America’s collective IQ by a measurable amount.
Its unbelievable that we have half a million invaders from a single Caribbean $h1thole island. But when you realize it, its easy to see how we have over 30 million illegals to deport.
Hey, ICE! More work orders!
Every time I read about deportation of illegal aliens, Yakety Sax start going off in my head.
winning.
Here comes the judge
Here comes the judge
Haitians might just be the Palestinians of the Caribbean
You’ve eaten your last car, pal.
Likewise your statement up thread:
The Dominican Republic booted them so there had to be a reason.
The thing that bothers me is that it seems likely we will pay an unforeseen incalculable cost for the anti-MAGA's exploitation of these migrants - who it appears we are now dumping wholesale back into their hellholes and other parts yet to be determined.
At the same time, many Americans are being thrown out of work often to the applause of most of us who look forward to a day of smaller more effective government.
We can say there is a cost associated with our "new day", but there should be a way to hold the DNC liable for the damages incurred with its attempt to destroy and reorganize our way of life.
Avoir Mon amis!
The animal rights activists proved they were just leftists after all.
“The issue is not the issue. The revolution is the issue.”
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