January 30, 2026

Contacts:
Paige Censale, pcensale@haitianbridge.org
Souzen Joseph, media@haitianbridge.org
Claudia Hernandez, chernandez@aflcio.org

San Diego, CA — Today, Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA), alongside labor unions, civil rights organizations, faith leaders, business voices, and community groups across the United States, sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump, Kristi Noem, United States Secretary of Homeland Security and, Marco Rubio, United States Secretary of State, urging the reversal of the decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals, which will take effect on February 3, 2026, despite significant gang violence, a humanitarian crisis, and instability on the island. This decision will impact more than 300k Haitians across the country. 

The Trump administration’s decision comes as Haiti is experiencing record-level gang violence, mass displacement of more than one million people, and state collapse, conditions so severe that the U.S. government itself has designated Haiti a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” country. To simultaneously acknowledge that Haiti is too dangerous for Americans while forcing hundreds of thousands of Haitians to return is not policy — it is hypocrisy weaponized as governance.

Guerline Jozef, Executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance:
“Haitian TPS holders are nurses, construction workers, caregivers, hotel workers, and manufacturers. They keep hospitals open, rebuild cities after disasters, care for our elders, and pay billions in taxes. To strip them of status is to deliberately harm U.S. workers, sabotage the economy, and push families into fear and precarity.
Large-scale deportations and maritime interdictions cost taxpayers billions, drain DHS resources, and fuel instability across the Caribbean. TPS holders are already vetted, documented, and self-supporting. Ending TPS will force the federal government to spend more money to make the country less safe — while empowering gangs and human traffickers abroad.”

Liz Shuler, President of AFL-CIO:
“Under the Trump administration, we have seen the consequences of an immigration agenda built on fear instead of facts. This administration’s policies have pushed workers out of their jobs, destabilized families, and made communities less safe. Now, the administration is ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and escalating that harm —essentially firing more than 300,000 experienced, tax-paying workers who are essential to our economy, including our care, construction, hospitality, and manufacturing sectors. The AFL-CIO calls on the administration to extend and redesignate Haiti TPS, a common-sense step to protect workers, strengthen our economy, and avoid further destabilizing families and communities across the country,” 

Haitian Bridge Alliance and signers of the letter call on the Trump administration to:

• Immediately rescind the termination of TPS for Haiti
• Redesignate and extend TPS beyond February 3, 2026
• Conduct a transparent review of the economic, labor, security, and regional impacts of Haitian TPS

The Haitian Bridge Alliance and the AFL-CIO  along with organizations across the United States will continue to organize, litigate, and mobilize alongside impacted communities until TPS for Haitians is protected and expanded — and push for  immigration reform and  policies that are rooted in dignity, justice, and fairness.

A copy of the letter can be retrieved here 

National Organizations

African Bureau for Immigrants and Social Affairs (ABISA)

Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc.

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

African Communities Together

African Immigrant Collective Inc

American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

AFT Massachusetts 

Al Otro Lado

Alianza Americas

Allegiance Christian Church 

Amazing Grace Ministries of PBC, Inc

America’s Voice

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)

American Jewish World Service

American Pride Rises

AMURT-Haiti 

Angry Tias and Abuelas 

APALA Orange County

Arab American Heritage Council

Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance-AFL-CIO (APALA)

Association of Exchange and Development of Activities and Partnership, AEDAP

Association of Haitian Educators of Dade (AHED)

Association of Haitian Women (AFAB)

AVAN Immigrant Services

Avanse Ansanm

Avodah

Being Peace Sangha 

Bethel Computers For Education

Beyond Borders

BLM Boise

Blue Couch Chat

BMBCC, INC- Boston Missionary Baptist Community Center, INC

Border Kindness 

Borderlands Resource Initiative

Boston Haitian Resource Hub

Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN)

Boston Workers Circle 

Bridges of Idaho

California Immigrant Policy Center 

Cape Cod Women for Change -Mid-Cape Indivisible

Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) DC

CASA

CATA – The Farmworker Support Committee

Catholic Charities Maine, Refugee and Immigration Services

Catholic Legal Immigration Network

Catholic Legal Services

Center for Gender & Refugee Studies

Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

Center for New Americans

Central Christian Church

Champion City Church 

Charnette Frederic Civic Association

Chicago Federation of Labor

Christ Like Collection

Church Pentecostal crusade of fishers of men

Church World Service

Cinderella Pictures 

Committee of Interns and Residents/Service Employees International Union (CIR/SEIU)

City Heights community organization 

Coalición de Derechos Humanos

COCO Consulting 

Color Of Change

Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition 

Communications Workers of America (CWA)

Communities United for Status & Protection (CUSP)

Community Coalition for Haiti

COMMUNITY IMPACT FOR CHANGE INC

Community Sponsorship Hub

Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, U.S. Provinces

Coral Springs

Dayton Anti-racist Network

Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries

Delmar Church of Nazarene, DE

Delmarva muslim Community 

District Leader Anthony Beckford 

Diversity in Health Training Institute

Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose

DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving

Duss Productions

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant

Eglise de Dieu Apostolique Inc

Elmont Cultural Center 

Endeavor Financial Services LLC

Equal Ground Education Fund

EqualHealth’s Global Campaign Against Racism

Equality for Flatbush

Espacio Migrante

Fair Fight Action 

Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM)

Faith Choice Ohio

Faith in Action International 

Familias Unidas en Acción

Family Action Network Movement

Farmworker Association of Florida 

FEA Foundation Ministries

First Baptist Church in Beverly

First Churches of Northampton

Florida Committee On Haitian Ministry

Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church

Florida Immigrant Coalition

Florida Interfaith Coalition

Florida Rising

Force Multiplier

For the Village Inc.

Foundation for the Emancipation of Women and Girls 

Freedom for Immigrants

Friends of Matènwa

Friends of Swazi Freedom

FWD.us

Gem City Action

Gospel Assembly-Queens 

Grannies Respond

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

HADUNAT News

Golf Federation of Haiti

Haiti H2O: Hope to Opportunity

Haiti Partners

Haiti Policy House

Haiti Solidarity Network of the Northeast

HAITIAN AMERICAN BAPTIST MINISTER ALLIANCE 

Haitian American Collaborative, Inc.

Haitian American Lawyers Association of Georgia

HAITIAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE 

Haitian American Nurses Association Inc. Greater NY

Haitian American United for Progress 

Haitian Association of Indiana 

Haitian Bible Baptist church Inc 

Haitian Bridge Alliance

Haitian Church of Nazarene

Haitian Church of God of Unity Everett MA

Haitian Evangelical Clergy Association 

Haitian Interpreter Services

Haitian Ladies Network

Haitian love inc 

Haitian Mental Health Network

Haitian Support Center

Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees 

Haitian Women’s Collective 

Haitian-American Foundation for Democracy

Hand in Hand International Adoptions

Health Equity Research Solutions, LLC

Health Law Advocates

Hemispheric Network for Haitian Migrants’ Rights

Hispanic Federation

Ho’opae Pono Peace Project

Homestead Haitian Pastors Association Inc

Hope and Change for Haiti

Hope Huddle

Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative

Human Rights First 

HumansFirst.world

Ideatek Design

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef)

Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project

Immigrant Welcome and Resource Center

In Cultured Company

Indivisible Fireside Chat

Indivisible Mansfield and Beyond

Indivisible Projects

Indivisible Springfield

Indivisible Upper Cape

Indivisible Upstate SC

Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti

IUE-CWA

 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)

Jerise Lettering & Artwork

Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice (JAIJ)

Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston

Jules Legacy Enterprise 

Juliette Bethea

Just Neighbors

JVS Boston

Karen Organization of San Diego

Kids in Need of Defense 

Kirva

L’union Suite 

La Nouvelle Eglise De Jesus Christ

La Raza Community Resource Center 

La Troupe Makandal, Inc.

Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)

Lakou Lokal

Lara Welker Community Health Consulting

Las Semillas inc

Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center

LAVENDAR PATCH

Lawyers for Good Government

Leadership Team of the Felician Sisters of North America

Little Haiti BK inc. 

Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA)

Long Island Immigration Clinic/Sisters of St. Joseph

Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants (LORI)

Loving Hearts & Praying Hands inc 

LUBIN LAW GROUP, PLLC

Mahanaïm Baptist Church 

Mahanaïm Baptist Church.

Maine People’s Alliance

Majdal: Arab Community Center of San Diego

Make the Road NY 

Make the Road States

Manifest Haiti

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns 

Mass 50501

Massachusetts Action for Justice

Massachusetts AFL-CIO

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition 

Massachusetts TPS Committee

Mercy Focus on Haiti

Miami Valley Immigration Coalition (MVIC)

Migrant & Immigrant Community Action Project

Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation 

MIRA Coalition

Model School Network 

Montage Productions

Mount Tsiyon Evangelical Ministries

Muslim Advocates

My Community First Mentoring Success LLC

NAACP Miami-Dade Branch

Nacalini Group LLC

NAKASEC

Nash & Associates

Nashoba Indivisible 

National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

National Alliance for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals

National Association of Haitian Educators (NAHE)

National Association of Social Workers

National Domestic Workers Alliance

National Employment Law Project

National Haitian American Elected Officials Network (NHAEON)

National Immigration Law Center

National Korean American Service and Education Consortium 

National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC)

National TPS Alliance

NÈGÈS MAWON

NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice

Never Again Action – Boston Chapter

New Birth Baptist Church of Brockton 

New Church of Christ Ministry 

New Jersey Forum for Human Rights

New Life Church Orlando 

New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia

New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

New York City Council Member Rita Joseph 

New York Immigration Coalition

New Jerusalem Evangelical Baptist Church

Nigerian Center 

New Mexico Dream Team (NMDT)

NorCal TPS Coalition

North American Climate, Conservation and Environment(NACCE)

North Shore Indivisible

NYC ICE Watch

NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives (NYC NOWC)

Oasis Legal Services

Odo Achievement Center 

OE Consulting

Ohio Immigrant Alliance

Orange County Equality Coalition

Orange County Labor Federation 

Pathway for Immigrant Workers

Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore

Pax Christi New York State

Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition

Pentecostal Church of Fishers of Men

Perspectives on advancement within an inclusive movement.”

Planet Grand’Anse

Power Up People

Presbyterian Church (USA), Office of Public Witness

Presente.org

Pride At Work, AFL-CIO

Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada

Quenio Plus LLC

Quixote Center

Radio Echo Evangelique, Inc

Radio Verite

Raising Haiti Foundation

Refuge House of Praise 

Refugee Congress

Religious of Jesus and Mary

Resilience Orange County

Resources to Resources, Haiti

Respect For Life Foundation 

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union

Revolve Impact

Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center

Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network

Roots of Development

Route 1804 Foundation

SAJ GLOBAL INC

San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council

SEIU 775

SEIU Florida State Council

SEIU Health Care

SEIU Local 1

SEIU Local 1991 

SEIU Local 49

SEIU Local 500

SEIU Local 503

SEIU Local 99

SEIU Texas

SEIU-UHW

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)

SF CLOUT/ WE RISE SF 

Simact, inc

Single Serving 

Sisters of Charity of New York Peace, Justice & Integrity of Creation Office

Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team

Slavic Refugee and Immigrant Services Organization 

Solidaire Action

South Bay People Power

Springfield Neighbors United 

School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND)

St. Mark Community Education Program

St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church 

State Representative Dotie Joseph

Strong Children Wellness

Swing Left Jamaica Plain

Temple B’nai Hayim

Texas AFL-CIO

The Haiti-Jamaica Society 

The House of the Seven Gables Settlement Association

The Law Offices of Frandley D Julien PA

The PTI Consulting Team

The Right to Immigration Institute 

The W. Thomas Law Firm

The Welcome Project

The Workers Circle

TRII/Dignidad

Tsuru for Solidarity

Undivided

UndocuBlack Network 

Unitarian Universalist Association 

Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice

UNITE HERE

Unite Here Local 30

United African Organization

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)

United Steelworkers (USW)

United Way of Greater Plymouth County

United Way of Southwestern Indiana

Unity Pentecostal Church of God of Homestead

Universidad Popular

VC Defensa

Village Engage

Voces de la Frontera

Washington National Cathedral Sanctuary Ministry

Washington Office on Latin America

Watertown Citizens Refugee Support Group

Welcoming America

Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center

Witness at the Border

WOLC Immigration Services 

Women Working Together USA

Workers United CMRJB LOCAL399

Working Families United

Yellow Springs Friends Meeting

Youngstown Area Interreligious Prayer Group 

Your Advocate Consulting

Zion Temple of Grace

32BJ SEIU

50501 Ohio 

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Haitian Bridge Alliance advocates for fair and humane immigration policies and provides migrants and immigrants with humanitarian, legal, and social services, with a particular focus on Black people, the Haitian community, women and girls, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and survivors of torture and other human rights abuses.

About FWD.us: FWD.us is a policy organization working to advance better and more politically resilient solutions on criminal justice and immigration. For too long, our harmful criminal justice and immigration systems have held us back and been weaponized in ways that undermine our nation’s promise and democratic ideals. For over a decade, FWD.us has advanced criminal justice and immigration reforms that expanded freedom and opportunities to tens of millions of people in the United States. Working with partners in red, blue, and purple jurisdictions, we have secured legislative and judicial victories and executive actions despite often-challenging political conditions.