Florida Republican says deporting Haitians with TPS would be 'huge mistake'

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Source: The Guardian

Sun 5 Jul 2026 15.54 EDT
Last modified on Sun 5 Jul 2026 15.57 EDT


Carlos Giménez, a Republican congressman from Florida, broke with the Trump administration on Sunday, calling on the White House to reconsider its push to eliminate temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitian migrants.

Returning some 350,000 Haitians to their chaotic, dangerous homeland following the US supreme court’s ruling that the Trump administration can cut off temporary legal protections, would be a grave error, Giménez said.

“Haiti is a failed state, and I think that deporting Haitians that are under TPS right now, back to Haiti, would be a huge mistake,” he told CBS News. Giménez also called for the re-instatement of TPS status to Venezuelans after the record-breaking twin earthquakes that struck north-central Venezuela on 24 June.

Temporary protected status, Giménez said, “is meant to safeguard those who are either fleeing countries that are failed states and are at risk of going back to them or countries that really can’t handle them right now, as is the case with Venezuela that has suffered a natural disaster”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/05/haitians-tps-republican-carlos-gimenez

[Skittles]

1. not familiar with him but....

knowing that repukes don't give a FUCK about migrants, what's the REAL reason?

[Aviation Pro]

3. Nursing homes

The bread and butter for the grifters in Florida. No Haitian caretakers, no bucks.

[yardwork]

6. Probably fear that they'll end up as undocumented refugees in FL.

[Grins]

8. "If we can get rid of Hatians, we can get rid of Cubans."

My first thought. He's defending "his own" constituents.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Don't let him or DeWine fool you.

They are way more concerned about the negative economic impacts than they are in extending humanitarian empathy for those facing deportation. More Republican trickery.

[Raftergirl]

4. Florida's population is old retired people and the immigrants who take care of them, and take care of

the tourists needs.

They are also the cashiers in the stores, the maintenance people, waiters, dishwashers, busboys, cooks, landscapers, and the security people who drive around the gated communities.

They are building luxury hotels all over where my mom lives and I asked her who will they get to work in all these places?

[Ray Bruns]

5. Carlos Gimnez Is a day late and a buck short.

[somsai]

7. It's just republicans reverting to type

They used to always support breaking the law like this. Not only larger profit but they can drive competitors out of business.