‘People are risking their lives to do it the right way.’

Spokane’s Haitian community is crisis-planning after Supreme Court decision allowed the Trump administration to strip Temporary Protected Status from Haitians, Syrians.

By: Erin Sellers, Daisy Zavala Magaña

Outlets: RANGE Media

Published: July 7, 2026

Words: 1,910

Last Updated: 3 days, 21 hours ago

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Many of the quotes and details in this story come from local Haitians who asked to remain anonymous due to immigration concerns.

Children’s fingerpaintings of crabs dotted the walls of an early learning classroom in North Spokane where about a dozen Haitians and a few allies gathered. It was late June, just days after the Supreme Court decided that the Trump administration could legally end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians …

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