Harriett Cecilia Joseph

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End of protected status for Haitians brings deportations and family separations

As of September 2026: Lost work permit and legal status; asylum application pending

Harriett Cecilia Joseph built a life in Springfield, Ohio: a quality-control job, her own event-planning business. On a Monday in August, her work permit expired and her legal status vanished, the result of a Supreme Court ruling that let the Trump administration end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti.

Updated Sep 15

Notable Quotes

"It's not that we don't want to go back to Haiti," Joseph told PBS News. "It's just the situation doesn't allow us to."

from End of protected status for Haitians brings deportations and family separations · Updated Sep 15

"You stop your dreams. You stop your projects. You go in a different direction than what you had planned."

from End of protected status for Haitians brings deportations and family separations · Updated Sep 15