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Faith Leaders Mobilize for Haitian Deportees in Salisbury

Haitian Rally in
Kevin Diaz
Haitian Rally in Downtown Salisbury

Local faith leaders in the Haitian community are raising the alarm about a sharp increase in arrests since July 27, when the Trump administration ended the Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitian immigrants nationwide. Several thousand of them live and work on the Lower Shore, many working in the poultry industry. They were joined Wednesday by national civil rights leaders in prayer and protest in downtown Salisbury. Kevin Diaz was there.

Kevin Diaz has more than four decades of journalism experience, including the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Washington City Paper, and public radio on the Eastern Shore.
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