The Trump administration says it will end the temporary status that shelters nearly 60,000 Haitians from deportation, saying the island nation has sufficiently recovered from devastating disasters to take its citizens back. The so-called temporary protected status for Haitians will expire in 18 months, in July 2019, officials with the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday night. For months, administration officials have signaled their intention to end special designations that have allowed immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally from Haiti and other troubled nations to stay on and work in the U.S. In Haiti’s case, temporary status was granted after a huge earthquake hit the island in 2010, killing more than 200,000 people, according to government estimates. The group called on Congress to change the law to allow immigrants currently covered by temporary status to stay.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 21, 2017 02:03 UTC