More than half a million Haitians in the United States will face the threat of deportation in a few months, after the Trump administration revoked an extension of Temporary Protected Status that had been put in place by the Biden administration.

The Trump administration’s Feb. 20 decision removing protections for Haitian immigrants could could upend the lives of thousands of Long Islanders.

"We are not criminals… we are law-abiding citizens," community members said at a press conference in Little Haiti.