Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be ‘huge mistake’

Florida Republican Carlos Giménez is challenging the Trump administration's plan to strip temporary protected status from Haitian migrants, arguing the policy would be a grave mistake. According to The Guardian, the Supreme Court's recent ruling clears the way for the administration to cut off these legal protections, which currently cover three hundred fifty thousand Haitians. Giménez, a Miami-based Cuban exile, contends that deporting them to Haiti—described as a chaotic and failed state—would be deeply misguided.

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