特朗普政府终止了针对逾100万人的临时保护身份(TPS)项目，其中约35万海地人受到影响[1]。美国最高法院在6月25日支持政府决定允许该项目结束[1]，工作许可随后在7月27日未被延期[1]。这一决定在马里兰州东岸城市索尔兹伯里引发广泛恐慌，该市约10%的33000名居民是海地人[1]。
失去TPS保护后，海地移民因害怕被移民与海关执法局(ICE)逮捕和驱逐而避免外出[1]。教堂主任牧师Roosevelt Toussaint表示周日礼拜出席人数下降超过50%[1]。海地大桥联盟主席Guerline Jozef称ICE要求海地人佩戴脚镣并限制其行动范围不超过75英里[1]。Safe Harbor Circles创始人兼执行董事Marie D. Fouché报告近日记录了十多起移民被捕事件[1]。失去工作许可的移民面临失业或被迫从事黑工的困境[1]。
The Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over one million people, including approximately 350,000 Haitians, leaving communities across the country in turmoil.[1] In Salisbury, Maryland, where Haitians comprise roughly 10% of the city's 33,000 residents, fear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests and deportations has driven many into hiding, causing a sharp decline in community activities.[1] The program's termination came after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the government's decision on June 25, with work permits set to expire on July 27.[1]
The impact on daily life has been immediate and severe. Roosevelt Toussaint, a pastor at a local church, reported that Sunday attendance has dropped by more than 50% as residents avoid public gatherings.[1] Marie D. Fouché, founder and executive director of Safe Harbor Circles, documented over a dozen immigrant arrests in recent days.[1] According to Guerline Jozef, president of the Haitian Bridge Alliance, ICE has ordered some Haitians to wear ankle monitors and confined their movement to within a 75-mile radius.[1] Those who lose TPS face the dual threat of unemployment or forced reliance on unlicensed work, deepening economic hardship in a community already struggling with uncertainty.[1] The Haitian TPS program was originally established following the 2010 earthquake.[1]