(Radio Iowa) – Haitians who resettled in Iowa communities like Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids and Storm Lake on Temporary Protected Status face uncertainty as those protections are set to expire Monday. In June, the U-S Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration could lawfully end the protections, but a series of lower court orders extended them multiple times. Karen Everling runs a resettlement organization in Waterloo and says the end of T-P-S will be difficult for employers, too.
Dozens of Haitians could lose work at the Waterloo plant if the protections expire. Thousands of Haitians have settled in the Cedar Valley in recent years and Everling says many went to work at Tyson.
If the change takes effect, Haitians dependent on T-P-S could lose their jobs, their driver’s licenses, and their legal status.
