South Florida’s Haitians move into the shadows amid the threat of being sent back to gang terror

Lynne Sladky/AP Quiet Streets: People walk past the Little Haiti Cultural Complex in Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood in Miami, Aug. 5, 2026.

WLRN Public Media | By Tim Padgett

South Florida’s Haitians are in a state of painful if not terrifying suspense.

About 150,000 of them have just seen their Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, cancelled — meaning federal immigration agents can now arrest and deport them en masse, at will.

At stake may be the very future of a community that’s part of the social and economic bedrock here — and the forced return of people to the nightmare of violent gang rule in Haiti.

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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