Trump administration ends TPS for Haitians and Syrians, prompting forced self‑deportations

On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two rulings that cleared the way for the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for citizens of Haiti and Syria. The decisions allow the Department of Homeland Security to end the legal protections that had shielded hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian residents from deportation and to turn away some asylum seekers when border crossings are deemed overburdened.

Following the rulings, DHS officials warned that roughly 335,000 TPS recipients – about a third of the more than one million people previously covered – must leave the United States by July 1 or face arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin told reporters that those who do not depart “will be picked up and forced to leave.” The administration’s enforcement push follows President Trump’s broader agenda to accelerate deportations and tighten border enforcement.

The termination of TPS removes work authorization and protection from ICE for the affected Haitians and Syrians, potentially exposing them to removal proceedings and creating a rapid, large‑scale self‑deportation effort.