GULF COAST NEWS TO KEEP YOU UPDATED WHEN THE ROAD OPENS BACK UP. >> THEY ARE AFRAID THEY ARE AFRAID THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GROCERY SHOP. >> SO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS PUTTING AN END TO HAITI'S TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS DESIGNATION BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS THE CONDITIONS OF HAITI HAVE IMPROVED AND HAITIANS NO LONGER MEET THE TEMPORARY LEGAL PROTECTIONS. GULF COAST REPORTEDLY MONTGOMERY WITH MEMBERS OF THE HAITIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, COALITION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. >> AND ING OF THE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS IS ESTIMATED TO AFFECT OVER HALF A MILLION HAITIANS LIVING IN THE U.S. TODAY. I SPOKE WITH THE HAITIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY COALITION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. IT'S ONLY DOES ABOUT 50,000 PATIENTS WITH TPS IN OUR AREA ALONE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE DEPENDED ON IT TO LEGALLY LIVE AND WORK AND NOW MANY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S NEXT. >> THEY'RE HAVING NIGHTMARES. IT'S TRULY AFFECTED EVERYONE. NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON IT. BUT RIGHT NOW, FRIENDS, FAMILIES, NEIGHBORS, FEAR AND CONCERN AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ANNOUNCED THE END OF DEPORTATION PROTECTION FOR HAITIANS. THIS IS THE LATEST MOVE IN PART OF TRUMP'S MASS DEPORTATION PROMISE. A DAY THE BEATRICE STRUCK A CASTOR. THE PRESIDENT OF THE HAITIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY COALITION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SAYS SHE DREADED. THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF HESITATION BECAUSE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS DATES BACK TO 1990, AS A HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM ALLOWING PEOPLE TO REMAIN IN THE U.S. LEGALLY IF THEIR COUNTRY IS DEEMED UNSAFE NATURAL DISASTERS OR VIOLENT CONFLICTS OVER THE YEARS, THE PROGRAMS THAT HELP MILLIONS, NOT JUST FROM 80, THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY INSTABILITY FROM THE 2010 EARTHQUAKE IN GANG VIOLENCE FORCING MANY TO FLEE THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRY. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CLAIMS THAT THOSE CONDITIONS IN HAITI HAVE IMPROVED AND THAT PEOPLE CAN SAFELY RETURN. THE CASTOR SAYS THAT'S NOT THE CASE. THAT COUNTRY IS STILL ON STABILIZED. >> RIGHT NOW THERE'S ABOUT A PRESIDENT IN HAITI RIGHT NOW FOR RIGHT NOW. HAITI IS BEING RAMMED BY GANGS RIGHT NOW. THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT STILL ADVISED AMERICANS NOT TO VISIT THE COUNTRY. WHETHER WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMY, WHETHER WE ARE PROFESSIONALS, WHETHER WE ARE TEACHERS WITH NURSES, DOCTORS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THEY NO LONGER WANT IMMIGRANTS HERE. THAT IS IMAGE THAT IS SHOWING THROUGH ALL OF THIS. PASTOR, EXPLAIN THAT MANY HAITIANS UNDER TPS OF ALREADY TRIED TO BECOME LEGAL U.S. CITIZENS. 80%. THEY DO NOT QUALIFY FOR ANY STATUS TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LEGAL PATH FOR THEM TOO. >> APPLY MANY HAVE CHILDREN BORN HERE AS WELL, MAKING THE PROSPECT OF DEPORTATION DEVASTATING PLAN IN PLACE FOR YOUR CHILDREN. IF YOU WERE TO GET CAUGHT OR GET STOP, IF YOU HAVE A BASE LEADER, PASTOR. >> MAKE SURE A COPY OF THE PLAN. THE CHURCH HAS ITS. >> THE COALITION SAYS THEY ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO START LOOKING FOR OUT TO GET LEE ALLIES AND TO BEGIN GETTING THEIR AFFAIRS IN ORDER TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIANS IS SLATED TO END O