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Haiti Temporary Protected Status (TPS) · Statut de Protection Temporaire (TPS) pour Haïti

Authority: DHSTerminatedEnacted 2010-01-21Expires 2026-03-25tpsimmigrationdiasporaus-policycritical
US immigration designation allowing approximately 350,000 Haitians to reside legally in the United States. Originally designated after the 2010 earthquake, repeatedly extended until DHS issued a termination order on March 25, 2026. Currently under litigation with a court-ordered stay; Senate vote on extension (H.R.1689) pending and outcome-determinative.

Sourced references

2026-10-28 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… CEP Extends Candidate Registration, September 2, 2026. Congress.gov, H.R.1689, Haiti TPS Act, 119th Congress, Senate Calendar Entry April 21, 2026. IMF Staff Country Report 2026/107, Haiti Article IV and Staff-Monitored Program Review, Internationa …

2026-10-27 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… REMITTANCE EXPOSURE, AND THE DIASPORA CORRIDOR UNDER PRESSURE ANALYTICAL BODY Haiti Temporary Protected Status was officially terminated on August 4, 2026, following U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes's compliance with the Supreme Court's June 2026 ruling that TPS termina …

2026-10-24 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… VELOPMENT 3: TPS TERMINATION AND THE DIASPORA PROTECTION CRISIS ANALYTICAL BODY Haiti's Temporary Protected Status designation was terminated effective July 27, 2026, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 25 that TPS terminations are largely unreviewable by lower co …

2026-10-22 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… Kristi Noem's November 28, 2025 determination that Haiti no longer met TPS designation conditions. The affected population represents one of the largest single cohorts of Haitian-Americans and Haitian-born residents in the United States. They are …

2026-10-21 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… 350,000 Haitians lose protected status. H.R.1689, which would mandate TPS designation for eighteen months from August 3, 2025, passed Senate committee on April 21 and was placed on the Senate calendar but has not received a floor vote. Legal cha …

2026-10-17 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… and Haiti's conditions-based eligibility standard is its own contradiction. TPS designation criteria require that conditions in the country of origin make return unsafe or impractical. By every available metric 90 percent of Port-au-Prince under gang …

2026-10-16 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… N AND THE DIASPORA CRISIS ANALYTICAL BODY The United States formally terminated Haiti's Temporary Protected Status designation effective 27 July 2026, removing legal status from approximately 350,000 Haitians lawfully present in the country. The House of Representatives pas …

2026-10-15 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… direct contradiction between the DHS determination that Haiti no longer meets TPS designation conditions and the simultaneous State Department Level 4 Do Not Travel advisory, IOM displacement figures, and UNODC reporting of 16,000 killed since January 2 …

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