Hundreds of thousands of immigrants, many from Haiti, are on uncertain ground in the US as of Monday. A Supreme Court ruling last month cleared the way for the Trump administration to wind down Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, a decades-old program that lets people from crisis-stricken countries live and work legally in the US, reports the New York Times. As a result, about 350,000 TPS recipients from Haiti and several other nations are set to lose their work permits on Monday, and about 190,000 Salvadorans could follow in September. CBS News and Fox News report that ICE is planning sweeps to round up and deport Haitian immigrants as their legal status expires, with Springfield, Ohio, a particular target. (President Trump made the city an issue in the 2024 campaign.)
The impact of mass TPS deportations might be felt throughout the US: Roughly 70% of TPS recipients are in the labor force, heavily concentrated in construction and health care. Business groups led by the US Chamber of Commerce are pressing Congress to step in, arguing that removing long-employed workers will hurt local economies and disrupt care and services. Some Republicans, including Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, say ending TPS for Haitians is a mistake. But others, like Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri and conservative groups, contend the program has drifted from its "emergency" purpose into a backdoor to permanent stay. George HW Bush signed TPS into law in 1990 to let foreign nationals stay in the US rather than return to dangerous locales, either because of war or natural disasters.
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