{"id":3991,"date":"2026-07-01T06:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3991"},"modified":"2026-07-01T06:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T06:33:27","slug":"r-i-leaders-blast-supreme-court-ruling-stripping-protections-for-haitians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3991","title":{"rendered":"R.I. leaders blast Supreme Court ruling stripping protections for Haitians"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>PROVIDENCE \u2014 Sexual trafficking. Kidnapping. Gang violence. Death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That is what awaits Haitians in Rhode Island, and across the country, if the Trump administration strips them of Temporary Protected Status and deports them back to their home country, a local Haitian leader warned Tuesday while standing in the State House rotunda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3989\">Proposed budget from state lawmakers won\u2019t raise taxes and includes review of school funding<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Bernard Georges, founder and executive director of New Bridges for Haitian Success, joined Governor Daniel J. McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore, and Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley in vowing to stand with the more than 1,700 Haitians who are in Rhode Island with Temporary Protected Status.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Speaker after speaker denounced last week\u2019s US Supreme Court ruling, which said the Trump administration has the authority to revoke an immigration program that allows some 330,000 people from Haiti and 6,100 people from Syria to live and work legally in the United States on humanitarian grounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Rhode Map<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island reporters, focused on the things that matter most in the Ocean State.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Georges said he has visited Haiti as recently as March, and he warned that the conditions there are dire and deteriorating. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou see kidnapping every day,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople are killing every day. People are dying every day. Public institutions are burning.\u201d The government, including the judiciary, is no longer functioning, he said, and gangs control large swaths of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSending people back under these conditions will expose them to sex trafficking, sexual violence, kidnapping, extortion, and death,\u201d Georges said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He urged officials to do all they can to protect Haitians who have built new lives in the United States \u2014 people working in Rhode Island\u2019s hospitals, schools, and local businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLet us choose justice over fear,\u201d Georges said. \u201cLet us choose humanity over policies that strip people of their dignity, because history will remember what we did when our neighbors need us most.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Temporary Protected Status shields from deportation immigrants from certain countries that are experiencing armed conflict, environmental disasters, or other extraordinary conditions. The program protected a total of 1.3 million people from 17 countries whenPresident Trump took office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Supreme Court\u2019s 6-3 decision allows the Department of Homeland Security to move ahead with its plans to end the program for Haitians. Those who lose their TPS status will have to leave the country voluntarily or apply for other legal pathways to stay in the United States lawfully.Many couldremain here without legal status, which could make them ineligible to work and leave them vulnerable to deportation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McKee, a Democratic governor, said he is \u201cangry\u201d and \u201cfrustrated\u201d by Thursday\u2019s Supreme Court ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLook, we have a community of hardworking people that are being attacked right now \u2014 loving families, caring neighbors, and yet they\u2019re being attacked,&#8221; McKee said. \u201cThis is a moment when we all should stand together to support the communities that are under attack \u2014 members who have been through trauma, who fear suffering and violence in their home country, and who have found a safe haven here among us.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Matos, a Democratic lieutenant governor who was born in the Dominican Republic, called the Trump administration\u2019s attempt to expel Haitians \u201cinhumane.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3987\">Follow live updates on the Trump administration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs an immigrant myself, I have seen the hard work that the immigrant community does here in the state of Rhode Island,\u201d Matos said. \u201cWe can no longer just sit by the sidelines and watch as the Supreme Court and the Trump administration strip away everything that makes this country great \u2014 because this country is great, we don\u2019t have to make it great.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Smiley, a Democratic mayor, said he and other city officials are \u201cdeeply disappointed\u201d in the Supreme Court decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cProvidence is a city that has always been shaped by immigrants,\u201d he said. \u201cProvidence is a place where all are welcomed, and we will continue to stand up for all of our neighbors, regardless of their nation of origin. Discriminatory policies have no place in our community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Amore, a Democrat secretary of state who taught history at East Providence High School, recited lines from a poem mounted inside the Statue of Liberty\u2019s pedestal: \u201cGive me your tired, your poor\/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTemporary protected status is protected status \u2014 it defines a nation\u2019s decency,&#8221; Amore said. \u201cThis action flies in the face of a history that welcomes and protects those who come to our shores.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speakers noted that US Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed, both Rhode Island Democrats, denounced the Supreme Court ruling as \u201cepically bad\u201d and urged Congress to pass legislation designating Haiti for temporary protected status and providing three years of legal protections to Haitians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe US Supreme Court got it wrong, but the US Senate still has a chance to get it right and we urge swift, bipartisan action to extend TPS for people who are here legally, have already been vetted, are making a positive contributions in our community, and who would face unsafe, life-threatening conditions if they were expelled from the United States,\u201d Whitehouse and Reed said in joint statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Juan Pablo Ocampo Sheen, coordinator of the Immigrant Coalition of Rhode Island, described local Haitians as \u201ca pillar in Rhode Island.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey are working in our hospitals and schools. They are small business owners and community leaders,\u201d Ocampo Sheen said. \u201cThe US government has not offered a clear path for TPS holders to become residents, despite the fact that they have both established lives here and are in great danger if forced to leave the US. Shame!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Milagro Sique, executive director of the Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island, called the Supreme Court decision \u201cdevastating,\u201d saying it will allow the Trump administration to take action against those losing Temporary Protected Status in 32 days, meaning July 27. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While she knows people are afraid, Sique said, \u201cPlease know there is still hope. There are still different pathways that you can seek. I urge you to seek legal guidance for your particular case.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3985\">A US missile killed Iranian schoolchildren four months ago. We still don\u2019t know the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSending people back under these conditions will expose them to sex trafficking, sexual violence, kidnapping, extortion, and death,\u201d said Bernard Georges, of New Bridges for Haitian Success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>R.I. leaders blast Supreme Court ruling stripping protections for Haitians - Boston Relocation Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3991\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"R.I. leaders blast Supreme Court ruling stripping protections for Haitians - 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