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November 22, 2017

Haitians in U.S. Protest Trump Plans to End Protected Status
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Back in the United States, Haitian immigrants and their supporters are
protesting the Trump administration's move to end temporary protected
status, or TPS, for nearly 60,000 Haitians, including many who came to
the United States after the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The
decision will end a program that allows some Haitians to live and work
in the U.S., and could see them face deportation by July of 2019. In
Palm Beach, Florida, hundreds of protesters gathered near President
Trump's Mar-a-Lago Golf Club Tuesday. And in New York City,
Haitian-Americans and elected officials gathered outside a U.S.
Immigration office. This is New York State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou.

Yuh-Line Niou: "I just think it's really inhumane and unconscionable
really for the president of the United States to do this, to folks who
have side by side helped us to make our country better, make our country
stronger. I just hope that he will show more compassion and I hope that
our Congress will show thoughtfulness and humanity when it comes to
issues like this one."



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