JULY 20, 2026
Contact: info@haitianbridge.org,  Paige Censale, pcensale@haitianbridge.org

SAN DIEGO, CA — Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA)  condemns the Trump administration’s expansion of deportation flights to the Republic of Haiti  as the country faces an unprecedented humanitarian and security crisis. Just days before more than 350,000 Haitians are set to lose work authorization under Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the administration has begun increasing removals, with U.S. officials informing Haiti that deportation flights are expected to increase to at least two per week following the expiration of TPS protections. The first expanded flight arrived in Cap-Haïtien on Thursday July 16, 2026 carrying 111 people, although the U.S. government advises Americans to not travel to Haiti due to safety concerns. Furthermore,  the State Department has issued additional travel advisory asking American citizens to leave their DNA samples behind with a medical provider or dental record with family if they intend to travel to the island. 

“These deportations are adding fuel to an already devastating humanitarian catastrophe. The U.S. continues to contribute to the destabilization of the country through its draconian and racist foreign policy” said Guerline Jozef, Executive Director of Haitian Bridge Alliance. “The United States is knowingly returning people to a country overwhelmed by violence, mass displacement, and institutional collapse. Rather than protecting human life, these removals will deepen instability, separate families, and place countless people in harm’s way. This is inhumane and a violation under international human rights law”

The Haitian government has warned that it lacks the capacity to absorb a significant increase in deportations, as humanitarian organizations struggle to respond to the growing needs of internally displaced persons and the thousands of Haitians already being returned from neighboring countries each month. Haiti’s Prime Minister has publicly stated that “this is not the time” to return Haitians, citing the country’s worsening security and humanitarian conditions.

“Haiti cannot safely receive large numbers of deportees while communities are under siege and nearly 1.5 million people have already been forced from their homes,” Jozef added. “The United States should be extending protection—not accelerating deportations into one of the world’s most dangerous humanitarian crises.”

Haitian Bridge Alliance calls on the Administration and Congress to:

• Immediately suspend all deportations to Haiti.
• Restore and extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals.
• Expand humanitarian protections for Haitians fleeing violence and persecution.
• Ensure U.S. immigration policy reflects the reality of Haiti’s ongoing humanitarian emergency.
• Pass S. 4814, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status for three years.
• Pass comprehensive immigration reform to create a pathway to green card and U.S. citizenship for all TPS holders.

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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 build solidarity and a collective movement toward policy change. Anpil men chay pa lou (“Many hands make the load light”).
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