If you believe in the advancement of human rights, then you know Temporary Protected Status is essential. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti is not a political concession or a piecemeal immigration measure. It is a vital protection for hundreds of thousands of people, families, workers, and communities across the United States.

At the end of June, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can terminate TPS for roughly 350,000 Haitian nationals living the United States. This decision threatens the lives of more than 350,000 Haitians who rely on Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Our Haitian neighbors have built lives and homes here. They are parents of U.S.-citizen children, health care workers, caregivers, hospitality workers, and other hardworking people who strengthen local economies and community life.

Learn more about Haiti TPS below. Then, call Congress to save our 350,000 Haitian neighbors from deportation. 

What is Temporary Protected Status, and why does Haiti have it?  

TPS allows nationals of certain countries who have experienced armed conflict, natural disaster, or other extraordinary situations to stay temporarily in the U.S. with protection from deportation and work permission. TPS classification was granted to Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake. Since then, political instability, gang violence, displacement, famine, and institutional collapse have justified renewals and redesignations time and again.

How did we get here? Haiti TPS Timeline

Where do we go from here?

The consequences of TPS’s eventual termination will go beyond legal status. More than 350,000 Haitian nationals, mixed-status families, enterprises dealing with a labor shortage, local economies, healthcare providers, and religious and community organizations that depend on TPS holders’ contributions are among those impacted.

While the Supreme Court’s decision allows the Trump administration to move forward with terminating Haiti’s TPS designation, Congress still has the authority to provide protection. Following the Court’s decision, the Haitian Bridge Alliance and a coalition of immigrant rights organizations renewed their call for the U.S. Senate to pass S. 4814, the Senate companion bill to the bipartisan House legislation extending Haiti’s TPS designation for three years.

Congressional action is now more urgent than ever. Passage of S. 4814 would help prevent unnecessary family separation and provide stability for more than 350,000 Haitian TPS holders and their families, many of whom have lived, worked, and contributed to communities across the United States for years. As the Haitian Bridge Alliance has emphasized, Congress has both the authority and the moral responsibility to ensure that families are not forced to return to a country facing widespread armed violence, political instability, mass displacement, and an ongoing humanitarian crisis.

What can we do?

Support UUSC and our partners, and join the Resistance Network’s campaign to call Congress.  

UUSC has been supporting and uplifting our partners’ efforts to use litigation and legislative vehicles to fight back against this administration’s attacks on Haitian communities.  

Through our Resistance Network, UUSC partnered with the UU Solidarity Initiative to amplify the demands of our partners at the Institute of Justice and Democracy for Haiti. They focused their fight on the House of Representatives, where Discharge Petition 15 forced a vote on a bipartisan bill to extend Haitian TPS for three years. 

We mobilized local UUs with UUs for Social Justice. UUSC showed up to rally with the National TPS Alliance and the Haitian Bridge Alliance in support of the legal teams providing oral arguments before the court. Although the decisions handed down by the Supreme Court did not go the way we wanted, we continue the fight in Congress. 

Take action today to fight for TPS and defend our Haitian neighbors against deportation. Haitian TPS holders strengthen our communities, workplaces, and families. Congress must act now to extend protections and prevent devastating deportations. Protecting TPS is not just a matter of migration justice. It’s about human dignity; it’s about family stability; it’s about racial justice; it’s about moral accountability.