The Trump administration has decided to end protections for approximately half a million Haitians, leaving them vulnerable to deportation by August of this year. The Department of Homeland Security announced the move, reversing a decision by the Biden administration to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians. TPS allows individuals to legally remain in the United States but does not offer a pathway to citizenship.
Critics of the TPS program argue that it has been exploited over the years, with automatic renewals regardless of conditions in the immigrants’ home countries. The number of Haitians eligible for TPS has surged from 57,000 in 2011 to over 520,000 last year. Congress established TPS in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries facing natural disasters or civil unrest.
The decision to end protections for Haitians is part of a broader trend by the Trump administration to terminate TPS for immigrants from various countries, including Venezuela. This move puts hundreds of thousands of individuals at risk of being removed from the United States.
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