Archdiocese of Miami holds new conference as end of TPS for Haitians approaches

The Archdiocese of Miami is holding a new conference on Tuesday as the end of Temporary Protective Status for Haitians approaches.

According to the Trump administration, TPS for Haitians will end on Feb. 3

The news conference will be held in Miami Shores, where Archdiocese of Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski will be joined by Catholic Health Services, Catholic Legal Services, the American Business Immigration Coalition Action, and several other groups as they ask the Trump administration to keep TPS protections for Haiti.

According to the Archdiocese of Miami and Catholic Health Services, they will be directly impacted and could face the loss of a large number of their workforce who help Florida’s most vulnerable residents.

The decision to end TPS for Haitians was announced last year.

In that news release, the Department of Homeland Security said Secretary Kristi Noem had “concluded that Haiti no longer meets the statutory requirements for TPS.”

“This decision was based on a review conducted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, input from relevant U.S. government agencies, and an analysis indicating that allowing Haitian nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is inconsistent with U.S. national interests,” the release read in part. “If you are an alien who is currently a beneficiary of TPS for Haiti, you should prepare to depart if you have no other lawful basis for remaining in the United States.”