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May 29, 2025

Federal Judge Weighs Fate of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Immigrants
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In more immigration news, a federal judge in New York heard arguments
Wednesday that could determine the fate of some 500,000 Haitian
recipients of temporary protected status whose deportation protections
are at risk of expiring in August, after the Trump administration moved
to prematurely cut off their TPS status. This is Aline Gue, executive
director of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees.

Aline Gue: "This is a huge disruption, not only to their lives, creating
anxiety and harm, wreaking havoc in our communities at large, but it's
also unlawful, because this is precisely the reason why temporary
protected status was created, right? For folks to not be returned back
to situations that have a lot of political instability, violence,
natural disasters. And that is exactly what we're seeing in Haiti
today."



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