Immigrants in Spring Valley react to change in temporary protected status
News 12 hears reaction from Immigrants in Spring Valley about Temporary Protected Status change
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The Department of Homeland Security has revoked a temporary protected status extension for Haitians.
The extension put in place by the Biden administration will now end this August.
It's said that up to half a million Haitians living in the U.S. may be impacted by this change.
It's a federal immigration policy change that could impact some who live in the area.
News 12 spoke with a woman who was granted TPS at Konbit Neg Lakay, a resource for immigrants in the Village of Spring Valley where there is a large Haitian community.
Through a translator, she said that she has been in the US for a year and a half.
She wishes the Trump administration had taken steps to make Haiti a more safe place before making the change.
The country has been in turmoil for years.
"The American government doesn't care about Haitian life," said Jean David Julien reacting to the cancellation as someone who came to the country through humanitarian parole and has applied for TPS and asylum status. "If a friend comes to your home and you said, 'OK. It's time. Go back to your home.' even if you know, in the world, something like awful can happen to your friend. I cannot consider you as a friend."
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