William Brangham:
She fled her native Haiti and settled in Florida. After the devastating 2010 earthquake, the Obama administration granted her and thousands of other Haitians temporary protected status, or TPS, which allowed them to remain in the United States and work legally, but didn’t provide a path to permanent residency.
As TPS for Haitians was repeatedly extended, Edelyne got married, bought this house. She also had a daughter, who is 6 and is an American citizen. She enrolled in school, working first as a nursing assistant, and then as a registered nurse in nursing homes.
