Wilkinson Sejour, owner of Chef Creole restaurants in Miami, expressed regret over his vote for President Donald Trump following the Supreme Court’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants. Sejour stated that the loss of TPS, which affects nearly 400,000 individuals living legally in the U.S., is severely impacting his business and may force him to close two of his seven locations.
Sejour, who has been in business for 34 years, told CBS Evening News that he has lost his entire management team. "The end of TPS means for me that my future in the hospitality business is almost gonna be nonexistent," he said. Sejour noted that he believed Trump, as a businessman, would make decisions favorable to other businesses. "He sold to me that he is a businessman and that he would be making business decisions," Sejour added.
The Supreme Court’s June decision centered on whether former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen lawfully terminated TPS for Haiti and Syria. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were reportedly seen making an immigration arrest outside one of Sejour’s restaurants.