With a deadline for Haitians’ Temporary Protected Status quickly approaching, employers and families in Central Florida are bracing for what might come next. A federal appeals court recently blocked the Trump administration from ending TPS through this weekend, but uncertainty still remains.
Impact on Local Industries
Attorney Nayef Mubarak said the end of TPS could have a significant impact on the healthcare and service industries in Central Florida. “People don’t realize how many of their neighbors are belonging to this community and how it’s going to affect, if not wreak havoc, in the healthcare industry and our service industry as well,” Mubarak said.
Darell Butler, an administrative organizer with 1199SEIU, expressed concerns about the potential loss of workers in nursing homes and hospitals. “We are already short-staffed inside of a lot of our nursing homes and hospitals as it is right now,” Butler said. “If TPS ends and all of our brothers and sisters have to get deported, then it’s going to leave our nursing homes and hospitals empty.”
The decision is still playing out in court, and the outcome remains uncertain.
Original reporting: WESH Orlando — read the source article.
