After nearly three decades in South Florida, 32-year-old Edrisse Michelin now wakes up in a country he does not feel is home. "I still don't feel like I'm home. I still feel like I'm just roaming. I feel uneasy," he said from Haiti.
Edrisse Michelin moved to South Florida from Haiti when he was 3 years old. He grew up in Miami, graduated from South Ridge High School and attended Miami-Dade College. He built a career as a licensed realtor and insurance broker and lived in the U.S. as a permanent resident.
Then he made a decision that changed everything. "I lived in a country 30 years, I never got in trouble. But I made a mistake, my morals became corrupted," he said.
Edrisse Michelin was convicted of obtaining an illegal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan in the summer of 2020. He se

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