The Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced that it would terminate temporary protected status for Haiti, setting the groundwork for hundreds of thousands of Haitians to potentially be deported from the United States once the designation expires later this summer.
The termination of temporary protected status — a designation that shields from deportation people who have traveled to the U.S. from countries that are deemed unsafe because of natural disasters, armed conflict or other extraordinary conditions — would put up to 500,000 Haitians at risk of deportation, as gang violence continues to roil the country.
According to a DHS release, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “determined that conditions in Haiti no longer meet the TPS statutory requirements,” after concluding that conditions in the country have improved sufficiently for Haitians in the U.S. to return. The DHS plans to terminate the designation effective on Sept. 2.
But while DHS said Haiti is “safe for Haitian citizens to return home,” the country still remains at a “level four” designation by the State Department, which has advised Americans not to travel there due to risk of “kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and limited health care.”
Haiti was also included in President Donald Trump’s new travel ban.
Posted by John3262005
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>”They no longer meet the requirements” -Noem
They were granted entry. This administration is taking out their piss poor deportation performance on people that actually applied for asylum legally so they can bump up their numbers
I know it goes against this sub’s priors, but this move really makes sense. Barbecue has made the streets of Port-Au-Prince totally safe, and TPS is essentially a relic at this point.
We should deport Kristi Noem to Haiti. I heard a rumor she kills pets.
Surprised they didn’t do it sooner tbh