Overview
- The Department of Homeland Security allowed TPS protections to expire for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and thousands of Syrians after the Supreme Court cleared agency terminations, and protections effectively ended on Monday.
- Multiple news reports citing unnamed federal sources say ICE is preparing to prioritize arrests and deportations of former TPS holders, with early focus reported in Ohio and New York City.
- DHS is publicly urging voluntary departures by offering a $2,600 stipend and a free flight home while saying it will not discuss specific operations.
- Advocates, local officials and employers warn that returning people to Haiti could be dangerous because of widespread gang control and displacement, and that immediate loss of work authorization will strain health care, long‑term care, agriculture and hospitality workers.
- Legal fights continue on narrow constitutional grounds, Congress has a House-passed rescue bill that stalled in the Senate, and immigration lawyers say affected individuals must seek case-by-case relief such as asylum or family-based petitions.