NEW YORK, CMC – New York Metropolis Council Member Farah Louis has joined New colleagues, native and state legislators, neighborhood advocates, and clergy leaders in demanding everlasting protections for Haitian nationals with Momentary Protected Standing (TPS).
Louis, the daughter of Haitian and Bahamian immigrants, who represents the forty fifth Council District in Brooklyn, stated the Trump administration’s resolution to terminate TPS for Haitians by August 2025 “threatens to uproot households, disrupt livelihoods, and drive hundreds again to a rustic in disaster.
“Haiti stays gripped by widespread violence, political instability, and financial turmoil, creating vital dangers for these compelled to return. Armed teams management a lot of the capital, and humanitarian situations proceed to deteriorate.
“The United Nations and human rights organizations have warned that deporting people beneath these circumstances would put lives at critical danger,” added Louis, stating that, for the reason that huge 2010 earthquake, “Haitian TPS holders have constructed their lives in the USA, contributing considerably to their communities and native economies.”
She stated in New York alone, greater than 15,000 residents depend on TPS protections.
“They work in important industries, assist native companies, and pay greater than US$260 million in taxes. Stripping them of those protections wouldn’t solely endanger their futures but additionally destabilize the communities that rely on them,” she advised a rally right here on Thursday, the place audio system known as on the US Congress to behave swiftly to supply everlasting protections for Haitian TPS holders.
“We won’t stay silent whereas Haitian households in Brooklyn and past are threatened. The Trump administration’s merciless resolution to terminate TPS for Haitian nationals ignores Haiti’s dire actuality and places households who’ve constructed their lives right here in jeopardy,” Louis stated.
“This isn’t about coverage—it’s about cruelty. Stripping their protections would destabilize lives and communities. We’re right here to combat for what is true: guaranteeing Haitian TPS recipients can proceed to dwell and work with dignity, respect, and safety.”
President and chief govt officer of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), Murad Awawdeh, stated the Trump administration’s resolution to revoke TPS for Haitians is “a direct assault on the hundreds of households who’ve constructed their lives right here, contributing to our communities and native economic system.
“This reckless and merciless resolution places Haitians liable to deportation, forcing them to return to a rustic nonetheless reeling from political and financial turmoil. Haitian New Yorkers are our neighbors, lecturers, dwelling well being aides, and extra.
“They deserve stability, not the fixed risk of being torn away from their households and neighborhood at a second’s discover, primarily based on politics. That is yet one more instance of Trump pushing his mass deportation agenda at any value by dismantling the authorized protections which have allowed households to dwell with dignity.”
Awawdeh stated the New York Congressional Delegation should act now to supply everlasting protections for all TPS holders and stand with immigrant communities in opposition to these merciless insurance policies.
New York State Assemblymember Clyde Vanel, the son of Haitian immigrants and who represents the thirty third State Meeting District in Queens, additionally urged the continued combat “to guard authorized Haitian immigrants who’re right here on Momentary Protecting Standing and who’ve been contributing to our metropolis, state, and nation.
“Studies present that TPS holders in New York contribute over US$300 million in tax income yearly. We should work onerous to discover a everlasting resolution for the authorized standing of those hard-working people who contribute a lot to our state.”
Little Haiti BK Government Director Stephanie Delia stated the current termination of TPS for Haitians, now set to run out on August 3, 2025, as an alternative of February 3, 2026, “threatens to separate households, disrupt lives, and solid a darkish shadow over the colourful companies which can be the heartbeat of our Little Haiti BK neighborhood, as residents keep dwelling on account of concern.
“Nonetheless, in adversity, the Haitian neighborhood stands resilient. It’s in these difficult instances that our unity and dedication shine brightest. Collectively, we are going to navigate these uncertainties, assist each other, and proceed to complement the cultural tapestry of our metropolis,” Delia added.
Earlier this week, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Employees East, the biggest and fastest-growing healthcare union in New York and nationwide, urged the Trump administration to reinstate TPS for Haitians.
“The choice of the Trump administration to finish the extension of Momentary Protected Standing for Haitians is unconscionable,” stated George Gresham, the group’s president.
He stated Haiti has been gripped by a collection of crises in recent times, together with pure disasters, gang violence, and political upheaval. Half 1,000,000 Haitians have been welcomed to the USA by the TPS program, permitting households secure refuge whereas contributing to our communities and economic system.
“The US should act in ways in which assist safety and stability in Haiti and throughout our hemisphere,” continued Gresham, whose union represents over 450,000 members all through New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Florida, and Washington, D.C. “That is the morally simply factor to do and in one of the best pursuits of all international locations. As a union of caregivers, many hundreds of whom belong to the Haitian Diaspora, we additionally acknowledge how vital Haitian immigrants are to our nation’s healthcare system, which is already dealing with dire workforce shortages,” he stated.
Gresham known as on the Trump administration to reverse “this egregious resolution instantly, which needlessly jeopardizes the lives of harmless households who’re our family members, neighbors, co-workers, and mates.”
