Trump ends deportation protection for 500,000 Haitians

The Ministry of Internal Security said on Thursday that the US government will end the temporary protected situation (TPS) for 500,000 Haitians living in the country in August.

This comes despite the deteriorating conditions in the Caribbean country, with Gangs that control about 85 % of capital and sexual violence against children by 1000 % last year, According to the United Nations.

US President Donald Trump moved To fix parts of the immigration system in the United States Since returning to his position and promised “collective deportation” and arrests.

During his presidential campaign, Trump made an unfounded claim that illegal immigrants from Haiti were eating local pets in the small city of Ohio.

City officials BBC said verification There was no “reliable reports” this actually happened.

Then the US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby described the call as “conspiracy theory … based on an element of racism.”

The temporary protected situation is granted to the citizens of the designated countries facing unsafe conditions, such as armed conflict or environmental disasters.

It has been held by the Haitians since 2010 and will end on August 3, 2025.

This means that they will lose their work permits and can be qualified to deport.

On February 1, the Trump administration announced that the situation will also end for the Venezuelan who live in the United States, but this currently faces a legal challenge from the National TPS alliance.

“For decades, the TPS system has been exploited and its treatment has been exploited,” the Ministry of Internal Security said in a statement on Thursday.

He added that the regime allowed the Haitians who “entered the United States illegally, to qualify for the legal protected situation.”

But the advertisement has also been met with criticism.

More than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti in gang violence last year The United Nations said that the families “are struggling to stay in temporary shelters while facing the risk of health and protection.”

The member of the Democratic Congress, Ayana Presley, described a “shameful” resolution amid indescribable violence in Haiti.

She added that the Haitians who lived in the United States for 15 years are at risk of deportation for “there is no reason but to be Haitians.”