South Florida Haitians bracing for Monday’s end of TPS - WPLG Local 10

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - Temporary Protected Status for Haitians ends at 11:59 p.m. Monday, leaving over 350,000 people without a legal right to be in the United States. Those people will be fearing deportation. They include Farah Larrieux, who has been living in South Florida since 2005, coming from Haiti in search of a better life. “I feel like I’m living a nightmare. It’s unjust because I have dreams,” she said. “I felt Haiti was too small for my dreams. I was tired with the situation, political instability, crime, injustice, poverty.” Larrieux has been a news personality, public relations and communications professional and advocate for South Florida’s Haitian community. Since 2010, she has been a TPS holder. The change comes after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration, ending TPS programs for Haitians and thousands of Syrians. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security claims Haiti is now safe to return to while the United Nations and U.S. State Department warn of frequent gang violence and kidnappings. Larrieux says she has a clean record and she’s built an entire life in South Florida which could be ripped away from her at any moment. “It’s every day, it’s like a struggle to live,” she said. “It’s an injustice. I’m wondering why I have to face that.” She is now talking with an attorney to try and get asylum, but like hundreds of thousands of others, all she can do is wait.