The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it is formally terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals, ordering hundreds of thousands of people legally living and working in the U.S. to prepare to leave early next year.

TPS for Haiti will end Feb. 3, 2026. DHS instructs beneficiaries to depart if they cannot secure another lawful basis to remain stateside.

“After consulting with interagency partners, Secretary ( Kristi ) Noem concluded that Haiti no longer meets the statutory requirements for TPS,” the announcement said. “This decision was based on a review conducted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, input from relevant U.S. government agencies, and an analysis indicating that allowing Haitian nationals to remain temporarily in

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