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PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Haitian families in Palm Beach County said the federal government’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians has triggered widespread fear and uncertainty throughout the community.

“We feel it in every way. In the churches, everywhere. We feel the impact of the immigration fallout,” Emmanuel Similus said. He also added, “Whether you’re directly impacted, you have a friend, or you have a friend that has a friend, so we all feel it some kind of way.”

Emmanuel Similus, who owns a restaurant in Delray Beach, said even his own niece is facing an immigration deadline.

“She was allowed for two years and her two years was expired,” he said.

Similus said his niece is among the 300,000 Haitians whose TPS will expire in less than 90 days.

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