, PLANE REPORTLY
EXPERIENCED ENGINE TROUBLE.
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK IT WILL
END TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE
STATUS FOR 60,000 HAITIAN
IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN AMERICA
AFTER NATIONAL DISASTERS,
NATURAL DISASTERS DEVASTATED
THEIR HOME COUNTRY.
AS CHERRI GREGG FROM KYW
NEWS RADIO EXPLAINS SOME
PHILADELPHIA CITY OFFICIALS
DISAGREE WITH THAT DECISION.
REPORTER: FIRST HAITIAN
CHURCH OF THE GOD ON CHELTEN
AVENUE HELD A SPECIAL SERVICE.
THEY ARE PRAYING THAT A HIGHER
AUTHORITY CHANGES THE DECISION
MADE BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
ONLY THING WE CAN DO FOR
HIM, IS JUST WAIT.
REPORTER: THE REVEREND SEES
HIS PASTOR HERE WHERE THREE
DOGS EVEN OF THE CHURCH'S 200
MEMBERS RECEIVED TEMPORARY
PROTECTIVE STATUS UNDER THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AFTER
2010 EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATED THE
ISLAND OF HAITI, CLAIMING
200,000 LIVES.
THINGS ARE WORSE EVERY DAY.
REPORTER: BUT ON MONDAY
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ENDED,
THE PROTECTION FOR HAITIANS
GIVING THEM 18 MONTHS TO GET
OUT.
DO I TAKE MY CHILD BACK TO
HAITI WITH ME WHERE THERE IS
NO JOBS?
DO I LEAVE THEM HERE WITH
FAMILY OR FRIENDS?
OR DO I STAY HERE ILLEGALLY
AND FACE DEPORTATION AND
ARREST.
REPORTER: MAYOR AND CITY
OFFICIALS STOOD IN SOLIDARITY
WITH HAITIANS AND IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY, PRESIDENT TRUMP
ALSO ENDED TPS FOR IMMIGRANTS
FROM SUDAN, NICARAGUA,
HONDURAS IS NEXT ON THE LIST.
THE DECISION IS SIMPLY UN
AMERICA.
REPORTER: FOR THIS MAN,
LIKE OTHER HAITIANS WHO HAVE
LIVED, WORKED, AND PAID TAXES
HERE FOR YEARS, THE END TO TPS
IS HEART BREAKING.
I'M HARD WORKING.
I DON'T HAVE FAMILY IN HAITI.
MY MATTER, AND FATHER WILL NOT
BE THERE.
WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST
RESULT FOR YOU AND YOUR
COMMUNITY.
GIVE THEM TPS AND WHY NOT A
GREEN CARD.
REPORTER: AND PATH TO SIT
SEND SHIP SO WHILE THE
FAITHFUL PRAY, THE CITY AND
ACTIVIST WILL LOBBY CONGRESS
FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM.
