2026-01-20

The United States first designated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status in 2010 following the devastating earthquake, with subsequent redesignations and extensions maintaining protection through multiple administrations based on ongoing extraordinary conditions including political instability, infrastructure collapse, and recurrent natural disasters. The Trump administration previously attempted to terminate Haiti TPS in 2017 and 2018, but those efforts were blocked by federal courts that found the decisions were influenced by discriminatory animus and failed to properly assess country conditions, leading to continued protection through litigation and eventual redesignation by the Biden administration in 2021 and 2023.