Kimberly Adams

When you've got four kids, you can drive, and then you can work to give them food.

So because what these people are effectively facing is that they have jobs today where they're legally authorized to work and come February 3rd, all of a sudden, they lose that work authorization.

That's the stakes, right?

What did the residents at the retirement community have to say about losing these staff members?

What did the employer have to say?

Wow, that's really a powerful moment.

I mean, we spent a week back in December on this show talking about the strains on the caregiving workforce, especially for older Americans and how there already are not enough workers in this space.

And immigrants are a key part of that workforce.

What could the end of TPS for Haiti and even some of these other countries mean for the caregiving workforce more broadly?

We need to take a quick break, but we are going to be right back with Marketplace's Elizabeth Trovol.

All right.

We are back with my Marketplace colleague, Elizabeth Troval.

And I want you to tell us a bit more about why the U.S.

has the TPS program in the first place and its role in the economy.

Wow.

And then you've done reporting on this topic before.

You cover immigration a ton for us here at Marketplace.

But even before you came here to Marketplace, you reported on Haitian migrants.

And I wonder what it's been like for you over the years to report on what effectively is a humanitarian issue, but through this economic lens.

How might the end of TPS affect the Haitian community here in the United States and their, you know, families back home, the communities back in Haiti?