Experts discuss risks children face if Supreme Court terminates TPS for Haitians
Haitian experts in Miami on Tuesday discussed the risks children will face if the Supreme Court terminates Temporary Protective Status for the Caribbean country.
After a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s decision to end TPS for Haitians, the administration filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take the case and is scheduled to hear arguments in April, a fast schedule for the nation’s highest court, with a decision expected weeks or months later.
During a Zoom meeting, several experts and advocates on Haiti will outline the risks that children who are forced to return to their country if TPS is terminated will face.
These children include those who are currently protected under TPS or are U.S.-born and have Haitian parents.
One of the speakers in the meeting is William O’Neill, the United Nations’ independent human-rights expert on Haiti.
O’Neill visited Haiti last week and met with officials to discuss the growing threats children face there.
“Not only do children face forced recruitment by gangs, but also tens of thousands don’t have enough to eat, can’t go to school or see a doctor, and have little access to clean water,” O’Neill said. “Haiti is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a child.”
