WASHINGTON ANNOUNCES END OF TPS FOR HAITI.
By La Rédaction · Port-au-Prince
· 1 min read · Updated 24 April 2026
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In a statement released on Thursday, June 25, President Donald Trump's administration, through the DHS, announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti.
Subject to debate and also raising serious concerns, the same statement encourages Haitian compatriots to obtain legal status in the USA.
An estimated total of approximately 520,000 Haitian nationals will lose this status at the beginning of next September, as indicated in the statement published for this purpose.
To justify this decision, described as irresponsible and arbitrary by a multitude of migrant rights organizations, Washington cited a clear improvement in living conditions in Haiti due to the country's stabilization.
This argument is refuted by human rights organizations, who fear a wave of mass deportations of hundreds of thousands of migrants who have lost their right to work and their protection.
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