>> The U.S.

Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of people from Haiti in Syria.

The decision could leave longtime Chicago residents at risk of deportation to countries still grappling with violence, instability and humanitarian crises.

Here's what DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin had to say about the decision.

>> It's simply a book them on a flight.

We expect as from pretty full flights going back to Haiti and going back to some of these countries were TPS has been eliminated.

Maybe they can go back there and help restore their country.

Syria is a prime example.

Syria has come a long ways in just a few years underneath.

Are there new leadership that we have?

We we truly expect that Syria can be a great country again, but it it people Syria to build their country back to same thing in Haiti.

It takes the people of Haiti to win their country back that.

So joining us now are we took director of development and communications at the Syrian Community Network and adjunct professor of social welfare policy at Loyola University.

Chicago.

>> And on Zoom, we have Darrell August secretary of the Haitian American Lawyers Association of Illinois.

Thanks to both for joining us.

Darrell, starting with you, viewers for viewers who may not be familiar, what is temporary protected status and who usually qualifies for it?

>> So good afternoon, everyone.

And thank you for letting me be on this panel appreciated representing my community regards to temporary protected status.

It is the immigration status that was offered to patients, particularly in 2010 after the earthquake, but actually was started in the 1990's by George HW for people that were already in the country.

United States without status.

And that was giving them temporary protected status to be the country to work, to have work permits.

The people that qualify for this very recently in 2010 after the devastating earthquake that estimated the country, the economy, the health of the Haitian people under Obama President Obama, allow the government allow to apply and to come to the country.

United States under temporary protected status because of the influx negative aspects of the country of Haiti.

The key perpetual in Buchanan throughout the year.

TPS for just a can concisely TPS is 80.

The a cooldown Haitians from within the United States.

And also outside the is to come here in to live while their country.

country was in very, very mistake.

>> Syria's civil war may have technically ended, but many advocacy groups, including the ACLU and the International Refugee Assistance Project, say that the humanitarian crisis there is still far from over.

What is the situation today?

>> Get the day is a absolute we are the office and situation see as you said, the war has ended.

But the question is, people are able rebuild their life over.

There are not before.

And if I come here, I was checking the trauma state dot to which countries on safe for us citizen to go and to to tropical vacation.

shot and see.

say one of the 2 top just places for us cities into a trial that over I'm not here to talk about American citizen.

We are talking about people who are already here rebuild their life.

They and what they are part of our economy.

They are in it are hard.

War cares.

>> And the Dow member our society, right?

So I don't ask the next door neighbor.

Watch your immigration status is a part of this Part of the city.

>> So sending by sending them back to their dose country, which is down just for us.

It is absolute dime to support those people >> Darrell similarly, the Trump administration argues that conditions in Haiti have improved enough to end those humanitarian protections in your view, is that true?

Is it stable enough for Haitians to return home Haiti?

>> it has suffered so many setbacks most recently with the the station of the political climate, his destination of the President Jovenel influx of gangs throughout the country conjunction with the economic depreciation, natural disasters and having He's in total disarray in regards anyone, not people TPS, but anyone coming to return to the country.

In fact, ministry has said that he that ban on travel to Haiti because of all these things that I've stated right now.

So there's absolutely no condition right now for patients to go back there, particularly Haitians live, not live there decades to come back into in terms of the country safely.

>> Darrell is is there a path forward for people who might be impacted to stay in the country or will they have to return to their nation of origin?

>> You know, we want to be straightforward and clear with the Haitian people.

And TPS TPS is from that.

That court case committed.

One officially ended.

Nevertheless, you should go and consult with immigration attorney because there are avenues where you can receive status, whether it be a silent, whether it be employment visas, it said even permanent resident in the state of changed when it comes to the end of TPS or that the the framework of ending.

That doesn't mean that there's not any avenues.

So you have to look at all your options to make sure that you may have and haven't too.

be here in this country and do what you do best.

Make the country great for those that may not have the avenue.

Yes, is a highly likely that you may be sent back on voluntary same sent back.

However, that Haitian American Association, the coalition of Haitian organizations and many other conditions across organizations across the nation are fighting to keep here.

>> Ali, more than 300,000 Haitians in over 6,000 Syrians are living in the U.S.

and at risk of deportation.

And as you mentioned, you know, many of those people have been here a long time, right built a life here.

They've got children here.

What would losing hundreds of thousands of mean to the communities that they're settled in?

>> You know, as I as I said, they are part of our communities.

It's not right.

That country beaten today, economy, for example, Haitian coming through.

I was reading that they a country more than 6 billion dollars to the U.S.

economy and a paid I recall more than 600 million dollars to the federal government.

So.

Now is that is not that simple.

Just tell them, hey, you have to leave the country imagining The that the disaster in the situation with the family did live in Levin's.

I didn't have a lot stress.

And, you know, especially within the family with the children.

So, you know, we can we can and really explain and how much he's coming things.

And I'm joined now, but we have to remember they are part about coming to dog park up to see part of our neighborhood.

this is our job to protect these people.

>> Darryl in an Expos, DHS general counsel James Percival, he wrote, quote, The point of TPS is to delay a return home because temporary conditions do not allow it.

In other words, everyone agrees going home.

It is a question of when some time ago the left and their proxies on the judiciary figured out they could can.

They could slowly and quietly turned TPS into an amnesty program.

Fundamentally, the left is outraged because the gig is up How do you respond to that argument?

>> know, thing that argument does circular in makes the responsibility of TPS on the Haitian people.

And that is not true.

2 Ps was given up thing.

The patients benefit for from however, is the government established it.

government that saw that it was indeed it is the government that continued.

And it's the people that benefit from it, but also reestablish people that built the nation that mission going by paying taxes.

But rain members of this community to say that it's temporary, the tax has been paid one temporary work he did in the country was in temporary.

The people love of 100 TPS, the similarly themselves into this country to become part of the the the the community for decades.

And so to say that it was temporary, that was the intent of it.

That wasn't so because the administration saw that the conditions were not good for anyone to return and it still isn't good for anyone turn.

In fact, working on legislation to see if we can get some help actually make the country better.

However, looking at this position, that is they that is just temporary.

Go back.

doesn't benefit anyone in any concept.

He creates the notion that Haitians does.

deficit negotiations food distrubtion something here and that's not true.

>> Ok, that is where we'll have to leave it.

I know it's something that you're passionate of course, will continue to keep an eye on