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The executive director at Laurel Ridge Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center, O’Leary had to tell 13 of his top staffers — all Haitians with Temporary Protected Status, known as TPS — they were losing their jobs. That’s because the Trump administration is terminating the protection for Haitian TPS holders after February 3 as part of its broader immigration crackdown.

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Like O’Leary, elder care industry leaders nationwide are bracing for the loss of a key pillar of their workforce. Nearly 350,000 Haitians are set to lose their TPS this week, and a sizeable share of them care for older Americans. {snip}

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Overall, immigrants make up more than a quarter of workers who provide direct care in long-term care settings, according to KFF, a health policy research group. Notably, they make up nearly one-third of those who work in home care.

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Haitian TPS holders are among the latest foreign-born residents whose lives are being upended by the Trump administration, which is focused on slashing the number of immigrants entering and living in the US.
The Department of Homeland Security announced the termination of TPS designation for immigrants from multiple countries, including Honduras, Nepal and South Sudan, though federal judges have stymied many of those efforts. Many Haitian TPS holders are hoping that a federal judge in the District of Columbia will grant them at least a temporary reprieve.

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Haitian immigrants became eligible after an earthquake rocked the country in 2010. The designation has since been renewed multiple times as the country faces a host of crises, including widespread violence by armed gangs, food insecurity, displacement and a leadership vacuum after the president was assassinated in 2021.

Several Haitians have sued DHS, arguing the department didn’t conduct the necessary review of whether it’s safe to return. The suit also alleged that the protection is being terminated, in part, because of President Donald Trump’s “racial, ethnic, and national-origin animus towards Haitians.”

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