President Donald Trump’s administration has officially ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than half a million Haitian nationals living in the United States.
The move marks a major reversal of Biden-era immigration policies and delivers on a longstanding conservative promise to enforce immigration law and restore accountability.
In a statement Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that TPS for Haiti will expire on August 3.
Deportation protections will terminate fully on September 2.
Haitians under the designation must now either obtain a new lawful status or depart the U.S., according to the press release.
“This decision restores integrity in our immigration system and ensures that Temporary Protected Status is actually temporary,” a DHS spokesperson said.
“The environmental situation in Haiti has improved enough that it is safe for Haitian citizens to return home.”
Created by Congress in 1990, TPS was meant to provide short-term deportation relief and work permits to foreign nationals from countries suffering from war, natural disasters, or other emergency conditions.
But critics on the right have long argued that TPS has morphed into a de facto amnesty pipeline, repeatedly extended by Democrat administrations far beyond its original intent.
“We encourage these individuals to take advantage of the Department’s resources in returning to Haiti, which can be arranged through the CBP Home app,” the DHS spokesperson added.
“Haitian nationals may pursue lawful status through other immigration benefit requests, if eligible.”
Haiti was first designated for TPS in 2010 following a devastating earthquake. U
nder successive extensions, including those by Presidents Obama and Biden, the number of Haitian nationals shielded from deportation surged from 57,000 in 2011 to over 520,000 by mid-2024.
Earlier this year, the Biden administration once again extended TPS for Haiti, citing political unrest.
But under the leadership of Secretary Kristi Noem at DHS, the Trump administration rescinded that extension in February, calling it “far longer than justified.”
“After conferring with interagency partners, Secretary Noem determined that conditions in Haiti no longer meet the TPS statutory requirements,” DHS explained in Friday’s statement.
“The Secretary determined that, overall, country conditions have improved to the point where Haitians can return home in safety.
“She further determined that permitting Haitian nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the national interest of the United States.”
The move comes amid a broader Trump administration crackdown on what officials describe as “soft amnesty” programs.
Immigration hawks have long warned that TPS and similar protections, like Deferred Enforced Departure, have been exploited by progressive administrations to shield large numbers of illegal migrants from deportation, often indefinitely.
Notably, the Trump administration has revamped the CBP Home mobile app.
The app was originally used by Biden to facilitate mass asylum applications.
Under Trump, CBP Home now allows illegal aliens to self-report and initiate departure procedures.
The retooling is part of a broader effort to streamline lawful enforcement and remove incentives for illegal immigration.
Following Biden’s embrace of open-border policies and sanctuary city protections, the Trump administration’s decisive rollback of TPS for Haiti signals a sharp and welcome shift.
The Trump administration is placing American sovereignty and immigration law back at the forefront of federal policy.
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