The Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noam, reduced the protections against deportation and work permits on Thursday for 52 000 Haitians under the Temporary Protection Status Program (TPS), setting its expiration for August, confirmed a spokesman for the department of the department of National security.
The National Security Department said in a press release that it was annulled a decision of the Biden Administration to renew the temporary protection status, which gives people the legal authority to be in the country, but does not provide a long -term path Towards citizenship. The Trump spokesman described the “unjustified” extension.
Earlier this month, Noem also revoked the TPS extensions of the Biden era for 600,000 Venezuelans, finishing status for half of them. Their protections will expire in April. The case has been taken to the Cortes.
The TPS is a temporary status that the Government gives to the citizens of a country that is going through an armed conflict or an emergency situation. With this benefit, people can live and work legally in the United States without the risk of deportation.
People with protection depend on the government renewing their status when it expires.
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“For decades, the TPS system has been exploited and abused,” said the National Security Department in the statement. The National Security Department said that in 2011 approximately 57,000 Haitians met the requirements to receive the protection of the TPS, but that in July last year, that figure had risen to 520 694.
It is not clear immediately how quickly people could be deported once they expire their protections. Some may request other types of protection, and there are logistics challenges to carry out large -scale deportations.
Haiti’s migration director Jean Nugot Bonheur Delva said only 21 Haitians have been deported so far under the Trump administration. The group had already been scheduled for deportation under Biden.
According to the UN, last year more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti. Gangs control 85 % of the capital.
