The US government will end temporary protected conditions (TPS) for 500,000 Haitians living in the country in August, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.
It will come in spite of the damage to the conditions of the Caribbean country, with gangs that control about 85% of capital and sexual violence against children increasing 1,000% last year, According to the United Nations.
TPS is provided to national designated countries facing unsafe conditions, such as armed conflict or environmental disaster.
The US Donald Trump president moved to overhaul parts of the US immigration system Since returning to the office and promised “” masses to report “and arrest.
TPS was held by Haitians since 2010 and expired on 3 August 2025.
This means losing their work permits and can be eligible for expulsion.
On 1 February, the Trump administration also announced the conditions also finished the Venezuelans living in the US, but it currently faced a legal challenge from the National TPS Alliance.
“For decades the TPS system was exploited and abused,” The Department for Homeland Security said in a statement on Thursday.
The system allowed Haitians who “entered the US illegally, to qualify for legal protected conditions,” in addition.
But the announcement was also met with criticism.
Over 5,600 people in Haiti were killed in the gang gang last year And UN has said families “struggling to survive with makeshift shelters while facing health and protective hazards”.
Democratic Congressman Ayanna Pressley calls the decision “Shame” among the “unspeakable violence” in Haiti.
Haitians who live in the US for 15 years are at risk for being expelled for “nothing but poisoning”, he added.
During his head campaign, Trump made an unclaimed claim that illegal immigrants from Haiti were eating animals in the small town of Ohio.
City Officers told the BBC Verify There are “no reliable reports” it really happened.
Then the US National Security Council John Kirby summer calls to claim a “concession theory … based on an element of racism”.
