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Trump administration throws out protections from deportation for roughly half a million Haitians

The Trump administration has ended protections for approximately half a million Haitians that protected them from deportation, announced on Thursday.
Those affected will lose their work permits and may face deportation by August 2025.
The Department of Homeland Security stated the decision revokes the Biden administration's renewal of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians.
Haiti has been designated for Temporary Protected Status since 2010, and 520,694 Haitians were eligible for protections as of July last year.

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Omaha World-Herald

Deportation protections for Haitians thrown out

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration threw out protections that shielded roughly half a million Haitians from deportation, meaning they would lose their work permits and could be eligible to be removed from the country by August.

8 hours ago·Omaha, United States

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WCVB

Trump admin. to end protections allowing Haitians to remain in U.S.

NewsCenter 5 spoke with a Haitian man who said he doesn't know where he'll go, but said going back home to Haiti just isn't an option.

12 hours ago·Boston, United States

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NBC Boston

Reaction in Boston to Trump admin. rolling back TPS for Haitians: ‘Very inhuman'

More than half a million Haitians in the United States, including thousands in Massachusetts, are set to soon lose temporary protections that have been shielding them from having to return to Haiti for the last 15 years. They include drivers, nurses, caregivers and a whole range of people who could be at risk of deportation at the end of the summer. The Trump administration believes the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program is a magnet for il…

14 hours ago·Boston, United States

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Boston Herald

‘Cruel’ and ‘illegal’: Boston Mayor Wu bashes President Trump for ending deportation protections for Haitians

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu bashed the Trump administration for tossing protections that shielded roughly half a million Haitian migrants from deportation, saying the president’s decision was “cruel, arbitrary and illegal.” Wu said Friday that President Donald Trump’s decision to end a set of protections known as temporary protected status for Haitian immigrants who came to the country while President Joe Biden was in office would impact “many” Hai…

15 hours ago·Boston, United States

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Daily Gate City

Hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants to lose protected status by August

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday cut protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants, leaving them vulnerable to deportations by August.

17 hours ago

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WBUR

'Cruel and callous': Mass. political leaders condemn Trump's move to end TPS for Haitians

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and her fellow chairs on the House Haiti Caucus urged the president to reverse what they called a "cruel and callous decision" to end a program that protects about a half million Haitians living in the U.S. Over the years, a large community of Haitians came to Massachusetts to flee violence and natural disasters.

17 hours ago·Boston, United States

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