The Biden administration expands TPS for Haiti immigrants.
May 25, 2021
President Biden’s administration made the announcement that it will extend deportation protections and work permits for 54,000 Haitian immigrants living in the United States with TSP and will allow hundreds of thousands of other eligible Haitians to request relief. DHS Secretary Mayorkas stated that he will extend the TPS designation for Haiti by 18 months, therefore allowing current recipients to renew their protections. Mayorkas also opened the program to new applicants, allowing eligible Haitian immigrants to apply for TPS as long as they had arrived in the United States by Friday, May 21st. Senator Menendez said the decision to expand eligibility for the Haiti TPS program could benefit approximately 150,000 Haitian immigrants, including 100,000 potential new applicants.