{"id":134293,"date":"2026-01-28T01:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T01:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/134293\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T01:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T01:09:08","slug":"haitian-community-pleads-to-keep-tps-as-expiration-looms-in-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/134293\/","title":{"rendered":"Haitian community pleads to keep TPS as expiration looms in South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haitians living in South Florida are facing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/somalis-temporary-protected-status-trump-administration-ending\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TPS termination deadline next week<\/a>. Time is running out, and the fear of returning to Haiti looms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am afraid for the people,&#8221; said Father Feliere Louis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Father Louis is from Haiti and has been living in South Florida for the past nine years.<\/p>\n<p>However, in just a few days, his future in the U.S. will be in limbo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope with the help of God something will happen,&#8221; said Father Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Father Louis from St. Mary&#8217;s Star of the Sea in Key West is concerned not only for himself but also for Haitian brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coming back to Haiti now is very hard, very hard,&#8221; said Father Louis.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday at the Archdiocese of Miami, Archbishop Thomas Wenski was joined by Miami-Dade mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Congressman Frederica Wilson, and other business leaders.<\/p>\n<p>They are urging President Donald Trump and his administration not to rescind temporary protected status for Haitians. It is set to expire on February 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A group of law, abiding legal people working in our communities, will suddenly lose their work, permit permits and their ability to stay in this country legally,&#8221; said Archbishop Thomas Wenski Archdiocese of Miami.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As mayor I stand firmly alongside our Haitian community and I ask no I beg this administration to extend TPS for Haitians,&#8221; said Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p>Ulna Joeseph is from Cap-Haitien and has been living in the U.S. for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>She still has family in Haiti and says the situation there is unlivable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now I cannot go because I am scared because there is too much gang members. They&#8217;re killing people,&#8221; said Ulna Joeseph Haitian American.<\/p>\n<p>Father Louis is praying that the Trump administration will hear their calls for help .<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; I I hope the TPS will be renewed for all the people not only the Haitian people&#8221;. Father Louis.<\/p>\n<p>This could affect 350,000 Haitian nationals living in the U.S. In South Florida, there is a very large Haitian population.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Come Feb. 3 \u00a0they have been told to self deport if they decide to stay in this country, their status will be undocumented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haitians living in South Florida are facing a TPS termination deadline next week. 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