Leaders say Haitian TPS recipients will be ‘kidnapped, raped and killed’ if forced to return

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – Current and former elected leaders representing the Haitian-American community in Miami-Dade and Broward, along with faith leaders, activists, and lawyers, appealed to all Americans on Monday to rally for their neighbors and colleagues with Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.

Haitian TPS recipients learned Friday that the Trump administration stripped them of their deportation protections and work permits, encouraging them to self-deport by Sept. 2.

“My fellow Americans, we have lost our humanity,” former Broward Mayor Dale Holness said…

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