The Trump administration has rolled back an 18-month extension of deportation protections for over half-a-million Haitians currently residing in the United States, creating uncertainty and anxiety for recipients of the status.

The Trump administration is throwing out protections for roughly half a million Haitians that had shielded them from deportation

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday cut the duration of deportation protections and work permits for 521,000 Haitians covered by a temporary program so that they will expire in August,

The decision means that about half a million Haitian migrants with Temporary Protected Status would lose their work permits and could be eligible to be removed from the U.S. by August.