End of Haitian temporary protected status sparks concern in Montgomery County
More than 300,000 Haitians who lost protected status are being fitted with monitors and travel limits as ICE avoids long-term detention, officials said.
- ICE is equipping Haitians who lost Temporary Protected Status with ankle monitors due to insufficient detention space for more than 300,000 individuals affected by a June Supreme Court decision.
- In June, the Supreme Court allowed the administration to end Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Haitians who arrived following the 2010 earthquake, reversing protections previous administrations had maintained.
- Ohio-Based immigration attorney Katie Kersh said clients received ICE letters mandating in-person check-ins; monitored individuals cannot travel beyond a 75-mile radius from their homes while awaiting court hearings.
- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin faces growing tension with the White House, as Trump policy architect Stephen Miller prefers detention over the monitoring program bolstered under Biden, NBC News reported.
- President Donald Trump has repeatedly focused on Haitians with unsubstantiated claims about Springfield, Ohio, yet officials say detaining all 300,000 individuals who lost protected status is logistically impossible.
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Racist Policies End TPS and Criminalize Haitian Immigrants
The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitians in the U.S. TPS holders can no longer work legally and are being detained or ordered to appear in immigration courts where they are forced to wear ankle monitors. The State Department has not removed its advisory warning against travel to Haiti, but the U.S. insists that thousands of people can be forced to return to a co…
Ohio Check-Ins Turned Into Shackles
ICE’s new check-ins for Haitian Temporary Protected Status holders in Ohio show how fast immigration policy can turn into street-level pressure. Quick Take Hundreds of Haitian immigrants in Ohio were told to report for in-person Department of Homeland Security check-ins, and some left with ankle monitors. Local advocates say the letters were real, and they...
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