Trump Administration last Thursday canceled an extension of temporary Protected status for Haitians,, President’s most recent step to target the form of immigration relief For people from countries facing political and natural disasters.
In June, between the violent riot on the island, the Biden administration announced temporary immigration protection maintained for Haitians to February 2026.
The Department of Homeland Security announces Thursday that it vacations to the extension and the protections expire on August 3.
Secretary Security Kristi Noem describes the decision of former administration as a test “tie the hands” by President Donald Trump.
“President Trump and I returned TPS to its original condition: Temporary,” Naem said in the statement.
Continue to extend TPS in June for Haitians who arrived in the US on or before June 3, 2024, to provide humanitarian relief. The small country island descended into the widespread gang of the violence last year, forcing former Haitian president to flee to the country and resigned.
The US acknowledged the condition for Haitians who arrived in the country before the 2010 earthquake and changed this present Biden decision.
DHS says its statement that in July 2024, approximately 520,694 Haitians are eligible to register for TPS.
TPS has been given US immigrants who cannot return to their countries because of natural disasters or political distress. It does not give a lane of citizenship.
“The Trump administration drives stability from half million Haitians who build their lives here – children, parents who become economic,” be-executive director in the immigration hub, an organization to immigrant’s adbokasy, as a statement. “Running to the people of a nation of violence and political unrest, and political waste are only legal situations for the labor of the shadows, which make fear of children and their Dear and abandoning industries such as health care, and hospitality for workers. ”
“Once again, Trump’s agenda is not about security – about cruelty and riot,” Lopez said.
Haitians who are in the US legal under temporary programs previously speak NBC News They live with anxiety learned Trump administration can end temporary relief forms from deportation.
At least 5,600 people were killed in gang violence In Haiti in 2024, according to the United Nations. More than 200 people are Killed in December at Cité Sopeil Commune in the capital of HaitiUN said.
A report from the Inocratic Haitian office says people are tracked and carried by a gang wall, where they were shot or killed by machetes. Most victims are already old and directed under the accusations of “practicing voodoo and causing a gang’s child’s illness in the gang,” as in the UN.
