WASHINGTON. April 29 (UPI) -- Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot left Haiti in 2010 after a deadly earthquake hit the island nation. As hundreds of thousands of Haitians died in the catastrophe, Miot fled to the United States, where he was granted temporary protected status, a short-term visa program.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday mulled the Trump administration's push to end legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disaster, hearing arguments in the latest immigration case the

If the justices agree with the Trump administration, authorities could potentially strip protections from up to 1.3 million people from 17 countries.

The Supreme Court hears arguments over Trump's efforts to end temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian migrants in a key immigration case that could have broader ramifications.

In a rare bipartisan moment, the US House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants, a long-shot effort fighting back against President Donald Trump’s attempts to end the program.

In a rare bipartisan moment, the US House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants, a long-shot effort fighting back against President Donald Trump’s attempts to end the program.

WASHINGTON, April 16 - The U.S. House of Representatives offered a rare challenge to President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda on Thursday as a handful of Republicans joined Democrats to vote to extend temporary protections for 350,000 Haitians living in the United States. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.