The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that President Donald Trump’s administration is terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 353,000 Haitian nationals living in the United States.
The move is a sweeping reversal of former President Joe Biden’s 2024 redesignation that will now expire early next year.
A federal register notice confirms that Haitian TPS will end in February, after DHS determined the program no longer serves America’s security or strategic interests.
In a statement, DHS announced:
“After consulting with interagency partners, Secretary [Kristi] Noem concluded that Haiti no longer meets the statutory requirements for TPS.
“This decision was based on a review conducted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, input from relevant U.S. government agencies, and an analysis indicating that allowing Haitian nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is inconsistent with U.S. national interests.”
TPS shields migrants from deportation and provides work authorization when their home country is deemed unsafe.
Biden’s 2024 extension, which ran through February 3, 2026, cited “simultaneous economic, security, political, and health crises.”
DHS under President Trump has now determined that the program has become a magnet for long-term residency rather than temporary protection.
DHS Tells Haitian TPS Holders to Prepare for Departure
The agency instructed Haitian migrants who lack another legal basis to stay in the country to prepare to depart and to use the CBP Home app to complete the exit process.
“This secure and convenient self-deportation process includes a complimentary plane ticket, a $1,000 exit bonus, and potential future opportunities for legal immigration to the United States,” DHS noted.
Biden’s Expansion Collides With Trump-Era Enforcement Priorities
Haiti first received TPS after the 2010 earthquake, and the designation was repeatedly extended by both Democrat and Republican administrations.
But Biden’s dramatic 2024 expansion, launched during a period of mass migration and widespread DHS mismanagement, brought the largest number of Haitians ever under TPS coverage.
Now the Trump administration is prioritizing enforcement and national security, sharply contrasting Biden’s broad use of humanitarian parole and TPS to facilitate long-term stays.
Even as DHS tightens TPS, many Haitians have attempted to reach the United States despite the Trump administration’s tougher enforcement approach.
In February, the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted 132 Haitians on a dangerously overcrowded 30-foot vessel south of the Florida Keys before repatriating them.
Major Shift with National Security Framing
The administration’s latest TPS termination underscores a broader move away from Biden’s expansive migration policies and toward a system that emphasizes sovereignty, national interest, and public safety.
These are themes President Trump has repeatedly advanced as core priorities of his second term.
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