**Note 7/17/2026: Scroll down to read the new bill to extend TPS
and to see language for a letter to your senators!
Reaction to the Haitian TPS Revocation
These are our non-lawyer thoughts based on
15+ years of experience working in and for the country of Haiti.
First, let me point out that our own State Department says "Do Not Travel to Haiti," providing warnings with such strong language as "murders, kidnappings, robberies, assaults, sexual assault..." Our own FAA has banned all flights to the capital city of Port-au-Prince. (travel.state. gov). My blog post here is a copy/past of the exact language used on the US State Dept. Yet, despite these warnings, SCOTUS just ruled there is no barrier to ending TPS for Haitians.
• Download the June 2026 SCOTUS decision •
• Download the Feb 2026 District Court decision •
SCOTUS in part relies on the fact that the TPS statute bars judicial review of non-constitutional claims and uses this convenient (but arguable) rule to avoid siding with the Plaintiffs. They also dismiss the claim that the TPS revocation was based on racial animus. Justice Alito makes the laughable assertion that "[n]one of the cited statements by either the President or the Secretary was overtly racial..." and continues to offer excuses for those statements (which he declined to print. Justice Kagan remedied that omission in her dissent on pg. 46). Visit our Haiti News page here.
While Justice Thomas makes the preposterous claim that "the termination of Haiti's TPS designation does not deprive respondents of "life, liberty, or property," there is ample evidence to the contrary. Since the assassination of its president in 2021, Haiti has devolved into chaos and is considered one of the most dangerous countries not only in the Americas but in the world. There is no functional government there.
The city and outlying areas of Port-au-Prince are literally overrun with gangs. Take note: Haiti doesn't manufacture guns; so where do they come from? Primarily the US, and primarily S. FL. On top of our inability to stop the flow of guns and weapons into a country that is terrorizing its own citizens, we also are sending back the ones who had the ambition and courage to migrate, learn another culture and language, and thrive.
Care of the vulnerable is an important aspect of Haitian culture. They bring that spirit with them to the US; they are caring for our elderly and our children. They are also driving us around on our vacations (or to work if you live in a metro area), cleaning our hotel rooms, and making sure our Amazon packages arrive.
Working with Haitians has been my life's focus for the past 15 years. As a whole, they are resilient, resourceful, kind, and grateful. Optimistic and joyful. Funny. My own small nonprofit is growing so fast I can hardly keep up because we have so many refugees from the Port-au-Prince area joining our mountaintop villages for safety and stability. Most Americans don't understand the lack of infrastructure in Haiti; it is so far below our own standards that one must experience it to understand.
Sending multiple hundreds of thousands (or however many) back will add yet another crisis to the chaos that is already roiling the country. And likely create new crises here in our own.
Update: July 2026
Senate Bill 4814 will require the Sec. of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status until April 2029.
Please write your Senators!
Here is a letter I've sent. Feel free to use any/all of this language and make it your own.
There is a link to contact your representatives on this page.
Dear Senator ____,
Re: S. 4814 A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
Please support this bill and encourage your colleagues to do so as well. I know well what's happening in Haiti:
- Haiti is in the middle of one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises right now. Our own State Department says "Do Not Travel to Haiti," providing warnings with such strong language as "murders, kidnappings, robberies, assaults, sexual assault...."
- Our own FAA has banned all flights to Port-au-Prince.
- You are certainly endangering Haitian TPS beneficiaries' lives. Gang members will target these people for the simple fact they have been returned from the U.S..
- Announcing that the deportees will have X number of US dollars in their possession will certainly put a literal target on their backs.
- TPS beneficiaries are providing valuable services to U.S. society and contributing to our economy; keep in mind they are paying taxes into the US economy and will never receive any benefits back from the government (Soc. Sec., unemployment, Medicare); their reward is being in America.
- The entire country of Haiti is beyond her breaking point; sending hundreds, or hundreds of thousands, of souls back there will further stress the country; and
- allow me to remind you that most of the weapons being used in Haiti to tear itself apart came from the U.S..
Thank you. I hope you will do the right, and humane, thing and support this bill.
Your Name, a voter
Please pray for Haiti and pray for Haitians in the US facing fear and uncertainty.
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