June 27, 2025

Contact:  media@haitianbridge.org

SAN DIEGO, CA—–Haitian Bridge Alliance today condemned the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS)  for more than 521,000 Haitian nationals living in the United States, a move set to take effect on August  5, 2025. This catastrophic decision  will not only separate families but force thousands to return to a country the U.S. government itself has deemed unsafe.

TPS was first granted to Haitians following the 2010 earthquake, which killed over 220,000 people   and destroyed critical infrastructure. Since then, Haiti has been rocked by a series of cascading crises—including the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, rampant gang violence, fuel and food insecurity, and the collapse of democratic governance.

According to the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM), as of May 2025, over 1.3 million people in Haiti  are internally displaced, many fleeing armed gangs that now control over 80% of Port-au-Prince .The U.S. State Department continues to issue a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” warning for Haiti, citing widespread kidnappings, violent crime, and near-total collapse of emergency services.

“This is not just cruel—it’s state-sanctioned endangerment,” said Guerline Jozef, Executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance. “Sending back hundreds of thousands of people to a country overrun by gangs, where hospitals are shuttered and food is scarce, is a direct assault on Black immigrant communities. It’s not about policy. It’s about dehumanization.”

The Trump administration’s termination of TPS for Haiti is the latest in a long line of anti-Black, anti-immigrant actions, including the mass expulsions of Haitian migrants under Title 42 during his first administration and the continued criminalization of Black asylum seekers while importing White South Africans under the guise of a genocide in South Africa that has not been substantiated. The administration has ignored both internal DHS reports and international human rights assessments warning against deportations to Haiti.

Haitian Bridge Alliance Demands:

• Congress must pass permanent protections for TPS holders.
• The international community must condemn forced deportations to conflict zones.
• The Trump Administration must rescind its decision to terminate TPS for Haiti

“Ending TPS for Haitians is not just an attack on our communities — it’s a direct blow to the American economy,” said Guerline Jozef, Executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance. “Haitian TPS holders are deeply woven into the fabric of the U.S. workforce, contributing billions in taxes, essential labor in healthcare, construction, and service sectors. By tearing them away, this administration threatens local economies, disrupts industries already facing worker shortages, and undermines the very values of resilience and hard work that sustain this country.

ABOUT HAITIAN BRIDGE ALLIANCE

Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), also known as “The Bridge”, is a grassroots community organization that advocates for fair and humane immigration policies, foreign policy, and provides migrants and immigrants with humanitarian, legal, and social services, with a particular focus on Black migrants, the Haitian community, women and girls, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and survivors of torture and other human rights abuses. HBA also seeks to elevate the issues unique to Black migrants and builds solidarity and collective movement toward policy change. Anpil men chay pa lou (“Many hands make the load light”). Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @haitianbridge