DHS ends provisional residency status for 59,000 Haitians

By Diana Stancy Correll

Published November 21, 2017 1:02am ET

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DHS ends provisional residency status for 59,000 Haitians — Those from Haiti protected by the program from deportation must leave the country within 18 months. Many of those who will be impacted by the order live in Florida and New York City. (iStock) | memoriesarecaptured

The Department of Homeland Security is terminating immigration benefits for approximately 59,000 Haitians who were allowed to work in the U.S. under a provisional residency known as “Temporary Protected Status.”

Those from Haiti protected by the program from deportation must leave the country within 18 months. Many of those who will be impacted by the order live in Florida and New York City.

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