The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reversed a decision to extend deportation protection to more than half a million Haitians that was ordered by former Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
On Thursday, DHS Sec. Kristi Noem announced the nullification an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that covered approximately 520,000 Haitian nationals, the majority of whom arrived to the U.S. within the last four years.
“Biden and Mayorkas attempted to tie the hands of the Trump administration by extending Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status by 18 months—far longer than justified or necessary,” Sec. Noem stated.
“We are returning integrity to the TPS system, which has been abused and exploited by illegal aliens for decades. President Trump and Secretary Noem are returning TPS to its original status: temporary.”
In June of 2024, Mayorkas redesignated Haiti’s TPS status and prolonged it through Feb. 3, 2026.
Now, those protections are only in effect until August 3, 2025.
Foreign nationals, including illegal aliens, can register for TPS and be allowed to remain in the U.S. while also applying for work status and asylum.
TPS has been offered to Haitians since a catastrophic earthquake rocked the impoverished nation in 2010.
“The data shows each extension of the country’s TPS designation allowed more Haitian nationals, even those who entered the U.S. illegally, to qualify for legal protected status,” DHS explained in a press release.
“In May of 2011, DHS estimated that 57,000 Haitians were eligible to register for TPS. In August 2021, DHS estimated that 155,000 Haitians were eligible under the new designation. And by July 2024, the estimate skyrocketed to 520,694.”
InfoWars has reported extensively on the historic influx of hundreds of thousands of Haitians to the U.S. since 2021, which led to small towns and cities across the country being overwhelmed by their presence.