Just weeks from Donald Trump’s inauguration, Haitian migrants across the country are anxious that one of his first actions in office will be to revoke their legal status, immigration advocates say.
Roughly 500,000 Haitians live in the United States under Temporary Protected Status, per NBC — a status that was initially granted in 2010 in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. Their legal status has been extended amid worsening political turmoil. Trump said he would do away with the protections if reelected.
“Absolutely. I’d revoke it, and I’d bring them back to their country,” Trump said in an October interview with NewsNation.