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Sources tell CBS News, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)<\/a> has made plans to ramp up operations to arrest and deport Haitian migrants.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This comes as more than 300,000 Haitians prepare to lose deportation protections and work permits under the Temporary Protected Status<\/a> program, TPS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For 90-year-old Allyn McKinney, the issue is deeply personal.<\/p>\n

McKinney relies on a Haitian caregiver who has cared for his family for more than a decade. CBS News is not identifying the caregiver because her immigration status could be affected by upcoming changes to TPS.<\/p>\n

He said the prospect of losing his caregiver would be difficult, but he worries even more about what deportation could mean for her future.<\/p>\n

“It would be tough,” McKinney said. “But it would be tougher on her. And that bothers me more than me.”<\/p>\n

McKinney’s caregiver has lived in the United States for more than a decade. Haiti,<\/a> the country she could be forced to return to, remains under a Level 4 travel advisory from the U.S. State Department, which warns Americans not to travel there because of crime, kidnapping and civil unrest.<\/p>\n

As uncertainty over TPS continues, McKinney has sought legal help from immigration attorney Emmanuella Telfort.<\/p>\n

Telfort said many Haitian TPS holders have spent years building lives, careers and families in the United States, but lack a clear pathway to permanent legal status.<\/p>\n

“If temporary, that term temporary is the sticking point,” Telfort said. “Let’s take out the temporary word and let’s establish a more permanent pathway for these individuals that is humane. That is the right thing to do.”<\/p>\n

Telfort said some immigration pathways can take decades to complete, while TPS protections for Haitians have existed since the program was first extended following Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake.<\/p>\n

Last month, a court decision allowed the administration to move forward with ending certain TPS protections for Haitians. Administration officials have argued that the designation was never intended to be permanent.<\/p>\n

McKinney, a military veteran, said he believes the country should do more to protect immigrants who have become integral members of their communities.<\/p>\n

“I’m embarrassed for our country,” McKinney said. “As a veteran. As an American citizen. I’m embarrassed. This is not the country I grew up in.”<\/p>\n

In a statement to CBS News, the Department of Homeland Security said individuals who lose their legal status should voluntarily depart the United States.<\/p>\n

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