Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine publicly broke with President Trump on Haitian deportations this week, arguing that the roughly 30,000 Haitians in his state holding Temporary Protected Status should not be removed, even after the Supreme Court cleared the way for their deportation.
New York Rep. Mike Lawler (R) is urging the Trump administration to prevent the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian healthcare workers. His call follows the Supreme Court ruling that the Trump administration may terminate TPS.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to cancel deportation protections for more than 350,000 Haitian migrants, accusing lower court judges of wrongly blocking the president's immigration agenda.
The U.S. State Department announced that it has taken steps to impose visa restrictions on an unnamed Haitian official accused of supporting gangs and criminal organizations.
A humanitarian crisis deepens across the Caribbean as officials confirm more than 40 deaths linked to Hurricane Melissa, the historic storm that battered Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti this week.
President Trump's Department of Justice announced an indictment for Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, also known as "Barbecue," and Bazile Richardson, of a conspiracy to transfer funds from the United States to Cherizier to fund gang-related activities.
