WASHINGTON, D.C. – FWD.us President Todd Schulte issued the following statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way to allow the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haiti and Syria:
“Today's ruling is an astonishing human tragedy. It will cause disastrous, needless harm to American families, communities, and businesses. Hundreds of thousands of people who hold legal status, who registered with the government, passed background checks, and paid fees to do so, now face losing their ability to work and being torn from their families and homes. With the lower courts' hold lifted, the administration will be able to end these protections today. Nothing about this makes our country safer or stronger.
“This is an awful harbinger for what we expect this administration to try to do for other TPS designations. Hundreds of thousands of people who have lived here for decades now see heartbreaking chaos ahead.
“The economic damage will be felt far beyond these families. Haitian TPS holders contribute nearly $6 billion to the U.S. economy each year, and 200,000 of them work in industries already facing labor shortages, including health care, agriculture, and manufacturing. An estimated 25,000 U.S. citizen children of Haitian TPS holders will be pushed into poverty when their parents lose work authorization. Employers will lose trained, dedicated workers they cannot easily replace. The real life impact of this ruling is profound, cruel, and heartbreaking.
“President Trump is responsible for the devastating consequences of this decision, but Congress has the ability to reverse it. They should do so immediately, by passing a permanent pathway to citizenship for TPS holders. We cannot allow our neighbors, friends, and family, people who have lived, worked, and raised families here for years to be ripped from the only home their children have ever known. We call on every member of Congress to take immediate action to protect these vital members of our community.”
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