NEW YORK, CMC – Caribbean immigration advocates on Friday denounced the termination of Short-term Protected Standing (TPS) for Haiti amid the French-speaking Caribbean nation’s escalating humanitarian disaster.
US Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday introduced the termination of TPS, leaving over 500,000 Haitians with out work permits and going through deportation.
The momentary parole programme will expire for Haitians on August 3, and the termination will take impact on Tuesday, September 2.
“The Trump administration’s choice to finish TPS for Haiti is a merciless assault on Haitian New Yorkers and is one other instance of this administration’s ongoing efforts to destabilize immigrant communities and tear households aside,” Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella coverage and advocacy group that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights teams all through New York, advised the Caribbean Media Company (CMC).
With greater than 125,000 Haitians dwelling in New York, Awawdeh stated Trump’s transfer threatens the futures of Haitian New Yorkers who’ve lived, labored, raised households, and constructed their lives within the state.
“Haitians are our members of the family, neighbors, our healthcare employees, our enterprise homeowners–people who find themselves important to the social and financial material of New York,” he stated. “Forcibly eradicating them and sending them again to the instability and violence they as soon as fled is brutal and inhumane.”
Awawdeh stated the Trump administration has no justifiable cause to place Haitian New Yorkers on a quick monitor to deportation aside from “politics and cruelty”, calling on the New York Congressional Delegation and Congress to” act now and supply everlasting protections for all TPS holders and stand towards Trump’s merciless insurance policies.”
The San Diego, California-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) additionally condemned TPS termination for greater than 521,000 Haitian nationals dwelling in the USA,
“This catastrophic choice is not going to solely separate households however pressure hundreds to return to a rustic the US authorities itself has deemed unsafe,” HBA Govt Director Guerline Jozef advised CMC, noting that TPS was first granted to Haitians following the 2010 earthquake, which killed over 220,000 individuals and destroyed vital infrastructure.
Since then, Jozef stated Haiti has been rocked by a collection of cascading crises—together with the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, rampant gang violence, gasoline and meals insecurity, and the collapse of democratic governance.
In keeping with the United Nations’ Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM), as of Might 2025, over 1.3 million individuals in Haiti are internally displaced, many fleeing armed gangs that now management over 80 p.c of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Jozef stated the US State Division continues to situation a Stage 4 “Do Not Journey” warning for Haiti, citing widespread kidnappings, violent crime, and near-total collapse of emergency providers.
“This isn’t simply merciless—it’s state-sanctioned endangerment,” she stated, referring to the termination of TPS for Haiti. “Sending again a whole lot of hundreds of individuals to a rustic overrun by gangs, the place hospitals are shuttered and meals is scarce, is a direct assault on Black immigrant communities. It’s not about coverage. It’s about dehumanization.”
Jozef stated Trump’s termination of TPS for Haiti is “the newest in a protracted line of anti-Black, anti-immigrant actions, together with the mass expulsions of Haitian migrants beneath Title 42 throughout his first administration and the continued criminalization of Black asylum seekers whereas importing White South Africans beneath the guise of a genocide in South Africa that has not been substantiated.”
She stated the Trump administration has ignored each inner DHS experiences and worldwide human rights assessments warning towards deportations to Haiti.
Jozef stated HBA calls for that the US Congress present everlasting protections for TPS holders, the worldwide group condemn pressured deportations to battle zones, and Trump rescind his choice to terminate TPS for Haiti.
“Ending TPS for Haitians is not only an assault on our communities — it’s a direct blow to the American financial system,” she stated. “Haitian TPS holders are deeply woven into the material of the US workforce, contributing billions in taxes, important labor in healthcare, development, and repair sectors.
“By tearing them away, this administration threatens native economies, disrupts industries already going through employee shortages, and undermines the very values of resilience and exhausting work that maintain this nation,” Jozef added.
Noem stated on Friday that the choice to terminate TPS for Haiti “restores integrity in our immigration system and ensures that Short-term Protecting Standing is momentary.”
A DHS spokesperson stated in a press release that “the environmental scenario in Haiti has improved sufficient that it’s protected for Haitian residents to return dwelling.
“We encourage these people to reap the benefits of the division’s sources in returning to Haiti, which will be organized by the CBP (Customs and Border Safety company) Dwelling app,” the unidentified spokesperson stated. “Haitian nationals might pursue lawful standing by different immigration profit requests, if eligible.”
After conferring with interagency companions, the spokesperson stated, “Noem decided that situations in Haiti not meet the TPS statutory necessities.
“The Secretary’s choice was primarily based on a US Citizenship and Immigration Providers evaluation of the situations in Haiti and session with the Division of State,” the spokesperson stated. “The Secretary decided that, general, nation situations have improved to the purpose the place Haitians can return dwelling in security.”
Noem additional decided that allowing Haitian nationals to stay briefly in the USA is “opposite to the nationwide curiosity of the USA,” in accordance with the spokesperson.
“Haitian nationals returning dwelling are inspired to make use of the US Customs and Border Safety Dwelling app to report their departure from the USA,” the spokesperson stated.
