{"id":320364,"date":"2026-06-26T06:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320364\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T06:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:50:18","slug":"help-those-people-haitians-syrians-in-south-florida-at-risk-of-deportations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320364\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Help those people’: Haitians, Syrians in South Florida at risk of deportations"},"content":{"rendered":"

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with President Donald Trump’s administration, eliminating Temporary Protected Status<\/a> (TPS) for thousands of people from Haiti and Syria.<\/p>\n

WATCH BELOW: ‘I do think lives will be at risk,’ Attorney Byrnes Guillaume tells WPTV’s Joel Lopez<\/p>\n

Haitians, Syrians in South Florida at risk of deportations<\/p>\n

That decision leaves hundreds of thousands suddenly at risk of deportation, including many right here in South Florida.<\/p>\n

Temporary Protected Status allows foreign citizens already in the United States to stay, work, and raise their families while their home countries are dealing with turmoil \u2014 whether from natural disasters, political unrest, or violence.<\/p>\n

But for Haitians and Syrians, that protection is coming to an end.<\/p>\n

In Riviera Beach, Stecko Dulcio has been serving up Haitian cuisine at his restaurant for five and a half years.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you have TPS status right now?\u201d WPTV reporter Joel Lopez asked him.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, thank God I\u2019m a citizen,\u201d Dulcio replied. \u201cI\u2019m here, I can say I\u2019m safe. I got a job, I take care of my family, we live in peace. Haiti \u2014 I love Haiti \u2014 but at this moment I don\u2019t love Haiti, [it\u2019s] too dangerous. The political in Haiti is upside down.\u201d<\/p>\n

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National Politics<\/p>\n

Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protections for Haitians, Syrians<\/p>\n

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Dulcio knows many friends with TPS and worries for their future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of impact do you think that\u2019s going to have on the Haitian community here?\u201d Lopez asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God, that\u2019s going to be a disaster,\u201d Dulcio said. \u201cNot only are their lives is in danger, and even [if] they go they don’t get killed, but they\u2019re going to have a miserable life, because there\u2019s no work, no job, and they lose everything they have.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said gangs have taken over Haiti, claiming houses, controlling transportation, and fueling violence.<\/p>\n

Officials argue TPS was designed only as short\u2011term relief during crises, and claim conditions in Haiti and Syria have improved enough to no longer justify it \u2014 a point advocates strongly dispute.<\/p>\n

The administration says the Department of Homeland Security has sole discretion to determine when protections end and that courts should not interfere.<\/p>\n

According to the Migration Policy Institute, Florida has the largest Haitian immigrant population in the United States.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court allows Trump to end TPS for Haitian, Syrian immigrants<\/p>\n

Palm Beach County ranks No. 3 statewide and nationally:<\/p>\n

Broward County:\u00a086,100Miami\u2011Dade County:\u00a078,800Palm Beach County:\u00a068,400<\/p>\n

\u201cEliminating TPS, does that mean they\u2019re facing deportation?\u201d Lopez asked Attorney Byrnes Guillaume, who is Haitian and represents many people in danger of losing TPS.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell yeah, it means that they have no status,\u201d Guillaume said. \u201cIt means that if you have a job you no longer are able to work, it means that you were once legal and now you have to go in the shadow. For people with American\u2011born kids, what you going to do, are you going to leave the kids here or are you going to take them to Haiti \u2014 a country they\u2019ve never known? I do think lives will be at risk.”<\/p>\n

The ruling impacts roughly 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians nationwide.<\/p>\n

Guillaume said no timeline on deportations has been set.<\/p>\n

\u201cPray to the government of the United States to do something to help those people,\u201d Dulcio urged.<\/p>\n

Haiti and Syria are the latest countries to lose TPS \u2014 since January of last year, DHS has ended protections for people from more than 13 countries.<\/p>\n

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WPTV<\/p>\n

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