For thousands of Haitians, the clock ran out on a legal life in the United States.
More than 330,000
#Haitians have lived in the U.S. under
#TemporaryProtectedStatus that ended Aug. 5. Trump administration officials are now urging them to leave.
Migration experts said Haitians who lost TPS also lost
#workauthorization, forcing them to either remain in the United States illegally while working under the table, or to seek a new life elsewhere. In return for permission to live and work in the United States, TPS-holders were required to give the federal government their addresses and other personal information that could now be used to track them down.
Some Haitians are now seeking refuge in Canada. But migrant-rights groups fear Haitians fleeing to the northern border are unaware they may be detained by ICE and then deported.
“The stakes are so high at the border and a lot of people are not very well informed," said Jenn McIntyre of the nonprofit Canada-U.S. Border Rights Clinic.
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