Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald on Nov 26, 2025

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The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced the end of temporary immigration protections for Haitians.

“After consulting with interagency partners, Secretary (Kristi) Noem concluded that Haiti no longer meets the statutory requirements for TPS,” the agency said in a posting.

“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.”

The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince and that for months have been spreading their violence into rural regions.

With an estimated 2.7 million Haitians living in the capital in gang control neighborhoods, more than 1.4 million are internally displaced according to the United Nations.

“If you are an alien who is currently a beneficiary of TPS for Haiti, you should prepare to depart if you have no other lawful basis for remaining in the United States,” DHS said.