US Targets 350,000 Former Haitian TPS Holders, Expanding Arrests and Monitoring
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Updated · CNN · Aug 8
US Targets 350,000 Former Haitian TPS Holders, Expanding Arrests and Monitoring
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Aug 8
Summary
Enforcement against former Haitian TPS holders has accelerated since late July, with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin saying operations are underway and advocates reporting detentions in Arizona, California, Indiana and Maryland.
Hundreds of DHS letters in Springfield, Ohio, have summoned Haitians to ICE offices, where many were fitted with ankle monitors and given court dates about a month out after losing legal protections and work authorization.
The crackdown has pushed many Haitians into hiding and out of jobs, including a Boston nurse forced onto leave when her permit expired and workers who vanished from factories, farms and city streets.
Businesses are already feeling the loss: a Florida resort lost more than 150 workers, a Massachusetts senior center more than 50, and some nursing homes are weighing wing closures because staffing has thinned.
No Haiti-bound deportation flights were logged in the past two weeks, underscoring how the immediate impact is fear, economic disruption and legal limbo even before large-scale removals become visible.