Local leaders and activists are speaking at a news conference on Tuesday to condemn the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, according to a news release from the Family Action Network Movement (FANM).

The conference is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Little Haiti Cultural Center and will "address the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s November 25 decision to immediately terminate" the status for Haitians.

In that news release, the Department of Homeland Security said Secretary Kristi Noem had "concluded that Haiti no longer meets the statutory requirements for TPS."

"This decision was based on a review conducted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, input from relevant U.S. government agencies, and an analysis indicating that allowing Haitian nationals to

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