3000 S/Leoneans in US Go Into Hiding

3000 Sierra Leoneans living in the United States formerly covered by the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) have reportedly gone into hiding, The Washington Post reports.

Reports say that the Sierra Leoneans have to go underground or risk being deported.

The Johnston family living in Washington prays and stays together, huddled inside their house, too frightened to venture outside or answer the front door. "If you don't tell us you are coming," Anita Kennedy Johnston said, "we don't open the door." The Johnstons - Anita, 48, husband James, 54, and daughter Alice, 27 -- have lived in Washington since May, when the Department of Homeland Security canceled TPS for about 3,000 people from Sierra Leone.