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Nearly every day, a group of Haitian men spanning multiple generations gathers beneath the shade of a single tree at a parking lot in Miami’s Little Haiti. For years, the informal meeting spot has served as a place to catch up, debate current events, and “talk shop” about life in their adopted home in South Florida and the issues affecting their community.
One afternoon in late July, one topic dominated the conversation: the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and what the decision means for the future of their community—and, in the eyes of some gathered there, for America itself…