NORTH MIAMI, FLA. (WSVN) – A North Miami church joined the nationwide \u201cDay of Action\u201d movement in pushing for the restoration of temporary protected status for Haitians in the United States.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, faith leaders and immigration advocates gathered at the Haitian Evangelical Baptist Church in North Miami, joining for those families who are too afraid to leave their homes in fear of detention or deportation.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany of our membership stay home,\u201d said Rev. Dr. Frantz David Eugene, Senior Pastor of the Haitian Evangelical Baptist Church. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not only this church, but it\u2019s the majority of our churches.\u201d<\/p>\n
The message of Sunday\u2019s gathering was to \u201cHold onto hope.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are scared of going in the street or in the supermarket or to the drug store because they will be apprehended by ICE,\u201d said Eugene.<\/p>\n
One TPS holder spoke to 7News saying the uncertainty has changed his everyday life, even in being afraid to appear on camera.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing a TPS holder has been really, really scary,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2026At times you wanna go out, get your things done, but you can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Organizers of Sunday\u2019s event are calling on the Senate to advance S. 4814, a bill that would require the Homeland Security secretary to designate Haiti for TPS through early 2029.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of our churches, we voted conservative, and this is not what we voted for,\u201d said Eugene. \u201cWe hope that they could could hear our voices because lecturers have consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n
Families at the event say this fight is about being able to work, worship and live without fear.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are also human, after all,\u201d said the anonymous TPS holder. \u201cAnd everyone deserves to live, right? And I think the same way some of the Americans who have been born here, raised here, they had education, the same way as some Haitians did deserve that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
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