US Keeps Haitian TPS Alive Until July 27 as 350,000 Face Deportation Risk
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Updated · Mother Jones · Jul 24
US Keeps Haitian TPS Alive Until July 27 as 350,000 Face Deportation Risk
3 articles · Updated · Mother Jones · Jul 24
Summary
A federal appeals court order has kept Haitian TPS protections and work permits in place until at least July 27, briefly delaying the fallout from the Supreme Court-backed termination.
350,000 Haitians could lose legal status after that, but immigration experts said removals would be slow because ICE would have to locate, arrest, process and transport people individually.
ICE carried out about 350,000 removals in the last fiscal year through July 11, and analysts said deporting Haitians on that scale would consume much of the system's capacity.
Haiti's security crisis further limits deportations: flights to Port-au-Prince have largely stopped, and officials were told to expect two weekly US flights carrying about 250 people total.
Senate lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill to preserve Haitian TPS until 2029, leaving many recipients to seek lawyers, other legal pathways or eventual undocumented status.