Haitian Workers Keep Key West Tourism Afloat. Now They’re Disappearing. (Gift Article)

U did this DUM Republicans! the Keys, where Republicans long ago surpassed Democrats in numbers. Republican, Bill Lay, said his employees with valid work permits keep getting detained. “If this continues, this will devastate the local economy down here” #USDemocracy www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

This is shit hole country. Thanks magagop www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

Former Miami Herald journalist @davidovalle.bsky.social, now writing for the NY Times, looks at the impact that the ICE arrests and deportations of Haitians are having on Key West as the off season winds down and the tourists begin to return.

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Former Miami Herald journalist @davidovalle.bsky.social, now writing for the NY Times, looks at the impact that ICE arrests and deportations are having on Key West as the off season winds down and the tourists begin to return.

“Mr. Lay, who votes Republican, said he supports efforts to deport immigrants with criminal records… “But that’s not necessarily what’s happening here,” he added. “If this continues, this will devastate the local economy down here.”” But MAGA, right Mr. Lay? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

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Key West Feels the Pain of Trump Decision on Haitians www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

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The Haitian hotel housekeepers, restaurant cooks and Uber drivers who quietly help power Key West’s tourism economy are disappearing.

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Well, the good part is that tourism contributes very little to Florida's economy. (It's 11 PM, Ron; do you know where you leopards are?) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

Key West Feels the Pain of Trump Decision on Haitians www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

Key West Feels the Pain of Trump Decision on Haitians

Trump tourism bust “The Haitian hotel housekeepers, restaurant cooks & Uber drivers who quietly help power Key West’s tourism economy are disappearing. Some…detained by CBP agents since late July, when the Trump admin ended a legal protection that…allowed 330,000 Haitians to live & work in the US”

Haitian Workers Keep Key West Tourism Afloat. Now They’re Disappearing. The end of legal protections for Haitian immigrants nationally has jolted the labor market in Key West, a remote vacation destination where many live and work.