Haitians Lose TPS; NY Must Fire Workers

The Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians is now costing people their jobs, and New York says the bill comes due within days.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Gov. Kathy Hochul wrote that the end of TPS "will force New York State and local governments to sever the employment of hundreds of essential employees as soon as next week, putting their livelihoods - and potentially their safety - at risk," according to The Center Square.

The Supreme Court cleared the way in June, allowing the administration to end protections for more than 350,000 people from Haiti and 6,100 from Syria.

The Concrete Effect

TPS grants work authorization and protection from deportation to migrants whose home countries are judged unsafe because of armed conflict, natural disaster or other extraordinary conditions. Ending it strips the work permit, which is why the fallout lands first on payrolls.

New York: hundreds of state and local government employees face termination, Hochul says, and she warns the hit extends well past government - "with a particularly heavy impact on the healthcare industry, putting our seniors and other vulnerable New Yorkers at risk."

Florida: the Wall Street Journal reports that revoking protected status for Haitian workers has triggered a labor crunch in the state.

Ohio: Haitians in Springfield are being targeted and forced to wear ankle monitors, local advocates told the Ohio Capital Journal, and communities there are bracing for a possible surge of federal immigration enforcement.