Ohio Capital Journal – Hundreds of Ohioans at a church in Springfield on Monday morning called for an extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians that had been set to expire Tuesday.
And later that day, U.S. District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end temporary protected status for about 330,000 Haitians living in the United States. The program allows people from specific countries destabilized by conflict or natural disasters the chance to live and work in the United States for a set period of time.
The Trump administration, however, is expected to appeal the decision.
“This 11th hour reprieve is, of course, welcome,” Lynn Tramonte, executive director for Ohio Immigrant Alliance, said in a statement. “But people can’t live their lives like this, pegging their families’ futures to a court case.”
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