CFA Statement on the End of Protections for Haitian Immigrants

CFA condemns the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals, which imperils more than 300,000 Haitians in the United States who are integral members of our communities. The termination leaves Haitians vulnerable to immigration detention and deportation to Haiti, even though the U.S. government advises people not to travel to Haiti because of crime, kidnapping, terrorism, unrest, and limited health care.  

Other communities that have been targeted by the current administration’s efforts to terminate TPS include nationals of Syria and Venezuela. In addition, nationals of Honduras, Afghanistan, Nepal, Cameroon, Myanmar (Burma), Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen, and Nicaragua have had their TPS designations terminated or are involved in ongoing legal challenges related to those terminations. As of today, TPS remains in effect for nationals of El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine, and Lebanon, although all of these designations are also subject to further administration action. 

Ending these protections is part of the Trump Administration’s broader attack to upend the lives of immigrant communities. As an anti-racism, social justice union, we will continue to fight for the safety and dignity of immigrants, including our undocumented students, CSU employees, and their families. We continue to hold the CSU accountable to Senate Bill 98, the Sending Alerts to Families in Education Act, which we co-sponsored last year. In our next CFA contract, we are fighting for further protections of immigrant faculty.  

No immigrant deserves to be subject to harassment, intimidation, or criminalization. Together, we will keep fighting for the rights, safety, and well-being of all of our communities.  

In solidarity,  

Margarita Berta-Ávila 

President, California Faculty Association 

Professor of Education, College of Education 

Sacramento State University 

I live, work, and organize on the Miwok, Maidu, and Nisenan lands.