Loss of work authorization sows confusion for thousands of Haitian immigrants and their US employers

Rebecca Blackwell/AP A Haitian worker with Temporary Protected Status cleans and busses tables at Half Shell Raw Bar, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Key West, Fla.

WLRN Public Media | By Gisela Salomon | Associated PressMatt Sedensky | Associated Press

KEY WEST — For more than a month, Bobby Kuchinsky arrived at his restaurant each morning worried about whether he still had enough staff or if this might be the last shift for some of his Haitian workers, who have spent over a decade as cooks, busboys and oyster shuckers.

On Tuesday, he suspended six of them after they lost authorization to work in the U.S.

This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida’s only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content sharing partnership with MIA Media Group. Read more at WLRN.org

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