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The American Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will end the deportation protections for half a million Haitians, the last decision of the Trump administration to strip legal status migrants while he increases exports.
Mention, which has shortened the duration of temporary protected statusOr TPS, for some 521,000 Haitians earlier this year, will end the status on September 2, said the US Department of Internal Security.
President Donald Trump, a Republican, sought to repress legal and illegal immigration during the first four months of his presidency. Noem, who shares Trump’s hard position, February in February To end the TP for some 350,000 Venezuelans, as well as thousands of people from Afghanistan and Cameroon.
The Supreme Court ruled on May 19 that the Trump administration could proceed to the end of the TP for these Venezuelans, reporting that other layoffs could also be authorized to move forward.
The court in a separate ordinance on May 30 said that the administration could immediately revoke a separate status known as the parole for the Cubans, the Haitians, the Nicaraguies and the Venezuelans.
TPS – A humanitarian program created by the American Congress in 1990 – is available for people whose country of origin has experienced a natural disaster, an armed conflict or another extraordinary event. Two months before the expiration of the status, the interior security secretary must determine whether to renew it, extend it to include new arrivals from the country or end it.
“People think that TPS is a free pass, but that is not the case,” said Abigail Desravines, a 35-year-old Haitian immigrant who came to the United States after the earthquake, at NBC News earlier this year. “You must continue to renew, pay costs and live with the fear that it can end at any time. This is not an easy path. “
Trump sought to destroy most TPS registrations during his first mandate, but was blocked by the federal courts.
In a statement, a DHS spokesman said that the conditions in Haiti would now allow people to return but have not explained what had changed exactly to reduce the risk.
“The environmental situation in Haiti has improved enough for him to be sure for Haitian citizens to return home,” said the spokesperson.
Lawyers argue that the conditions in Haiti justify the repair. The country has not held an election for almost a decade. Since the assassination of President Jenel Moïse in 2021, The armed gangs took control of a large part of Port-au-PrinceCreating a power vacuum cleaner that made the housekeeper a challenge and fueled violence, roaming and famine.
More than 5,600 people were killed and 1,400 were kidnapped in the middle of gang conflicts last year, According to the United Nations. Violence has returned 1 million homeless people in HaitiForce a lot to make makeshift shelters and exacerbate the country’s economic challenges.
Despite the disastrous conditions, the Trump administration frozen funding earlier committed to supporting an unknown mission in Haiti.
