The Trump administration has terminated the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti. “After consulting with interagency partners, Secretary Noem concluded that Haiti no longer meets the statutory requirements for TPS. 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,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stated in a release. “The termination of the Haiti Temporary Protected Status designation is effective February 3, 2026. 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. You can use the CBP Home mobile application to report your departure from the United States. This secure and convenient self-deportation process includes a complimentary plane ticket, a $1,000 exit bonus, and potential future opportunities for legal immigration to the United States,” it continued. TPS protections for Haitians will expire in just over two months, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. The U.S. is offering airfare, cash, and a chance at future reentry for those who leave voluntarily.https://t.co/Rqir0wduoe pic.twitter.com/xBEapPXPfU — Haitian Times (@HaitianTimes_) November 26, 2025 The Guardian has more: According to a new Department of Homeland Security notice issued on Wednesday, TPS for approximately 340,000 Haitian migrants will be terminated next year. In the notice, the DHS secretary, Kristi Noem, said that Haiti no longer faces “extraordinary and temporary conditions” that would prevent nationals from returning. That statement comes despite worsening instability from gang violence in Haiti and political turmoil that has forced more than a record 1.4 million people from their homes this year. Despite acknowledging that “certain conditions in Haiti remain concerning”, including mass displacement and gang violence, and that the country’s turmoil has “spillover effects … [that] threaten not only Haiti but the stability of the wider Caribbean and the western hemisphere”. The notice nonetheless argues that allowing Haitians to remain in the United States is “contrary to the US national interest”. The notice continued: “As is widely known, Haiti lacks a central authority with sufficient availability and dissemination of law enforcement information necessary to ensure its nationals do not undermine the national security of the United States.” It added: “Our immigration policy must align with our foreign policy vision of a secure, sovereign, and self-reliant Haiti and not a country that Haitian citizens continue to leave in large numbers to seek opportunities in the United States.” Haitian community leaders in Florida said they weren’t surprised by the TPS termination. “We were expecting this. No surprise there,” said Gepsie Metellus, executive director of Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center in Miami, according to WPLG Local 10. U.S. ends TPS for Haitians, telling hundreds of thousands to leave by February Reporting by @JesseSchecknerhttps://t.co/onmnYnTjDM#FlaPol pic.twitter.com/t1keDYgEDf — Florida Politics (@Fla_Pol) November 26, 2025 WPLG Local 10 shared: TPS for Haiti was first granted after the 2010 earthquake and has been repeatedly extended. Many of those covered have spent more than a decade building lives in the United States, Metellus said. “Many people with TPS who have been in the United States since the Haiti earthquake in 2010 have become homeowners, business owners, have assets,” she said. “We’ve been insisting that parents have a formal guardianship agreement with the individual in whose care they want to leave their children. They need to make sure to take care of those.” Metellus said Sant La and other community groups have spent months coordinating with organizations in northern and southern Haiti to prepare for those who may return voluntarily or face deportation. “All of the organizations have networks, partners and collaborators who are in Port-au-Prince and throughout the country,” she said. “It’s time to ensure that we have those quick alliances set.” Local elected officials also condemned the decision. Miami-Dade County Commissioner Marleine Bastien said she was outraged that the announcement came during the week of Thanksgiving, calling it “cold and heartless.” She urged the Trump administration to reconsider, citing the humanitarian and security challenges facing Haitians who would be forced to return.