TPS

The public radio special being broadcast Thursday, Sept. 17 will examine the impact of the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants in South Florida, Boston, and New York.

Haitians in the U.S. lost their Temporary Protected Status under Trump's immigration crackdown. Now facing deportation to a homeland wracked by gang violence, disease and extreme poverty, Haitians in Miami are meeting the moment with grief, anger, and courage.

Temporary Protected Status was initially granted for El Salvador in 2001 after devastating earthquakes in the Central American country. It's up to the Trump administration to decide if TPS should be exteneded.

COMMENTARY In a move that would be both humane and hypocritical, President Trump may give Salvadoran TPS holders a reprieve from deportation — but move ahead with the expulsion of Haitians.

As Temporary Protected Status ends for many Haitians in the U.S., families are weighing their options, and for some, Canada is part of the conversation.

A new survey, which comes on what may be the eve of mass deportations back to Haiti, finds Haitians see the defeat of gang rule as their priority — but while they reject amnesty for gang members, they say the restoration of security has to happen alongside meaningful investment in education and other institutions to halt Haiti's gang cycle.

As part of its crackdown on legal and illegal immigration, the Trump administration terminated TPS for about 1 million people from more than a dozen countries, including 350,000 Haitians who have been living and working legally in the U.S. since 2010.

Temporary protected status was given to Haitians after the 2010 quake because Haiti was deemed too dangerous for a safe return. In June, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end TPS.

Rights organizations and civic leaders inside Haiti, warn the Trump administration's plans for Haitian TPS deportations risk violating an international law principle that prohibits forcing refugees back to a place where they're likely to be harmed if not killed.

A month after two devastating earthquakes decimated Northern Venezuela, Venezuelan Temporary Protected Status holders and the National TPS Alliance demanded the reinstatement of Venezuelan TPS by the Trump administration.

A Supreme Court ruling stripped Haitian migrants of their temporary legal status. Those with U.S.-born children face an agonizing choice if deported: Should they take them to a still-dangerous Haiti?

In attendance were entrepreneur Te Mayonna Brown; cultural arts leader Marshall L. Davis; Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert; state Sen. Shevrin Jones; attorney and late Congresswoman Carrie Meek’s grandson Kendrick Meek Jr.; former county Commissioner Jean Monestime; physician Rudy Moise; and attorney Roderick Vereen.