DHS Urges 350,000 Haitians to Leave U.S. for $2,600 as Court Lets Trump End TPS
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Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 26
DHS Urges 350,000 Haitians to Leave U.S. for $2,600 as Court Lets Trump End TPS
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jun 26
Summary
$2,600 and a taxpayer-funded plane ticket are being offered to Haitians and Syrians with Temporary Protected Status if they leave voluntarily after the Supreme Court let Trump end the program.
About 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians stand to lose the right to live and work in the United States once the ruling takes effect in the next several days, exposing them to ICE detention and deportation.
DHS said TPS holders had years of notice and framed self-departure as cheaper than removals, which the administration estimates cost about $18,000 per person.
Immigrant advocates said the decision throws families with U.S.-citizen children into chaos and could be followed by moves against roughly 1 million TPS holders from other countries.
What is the true cost of ending protection for 350,000 residents and their U.S.-born children after a decade in America?
Could this ruling pave the way to end protections for over a million people living across the United States?
With thousands of Haitian healthcare workers facing removal, could this decision disrupt America's health system?
350,000 Haitians and Syrians Face Deportation After Supreme Court Ends TPS: Legal and Humanitarian Crisis Unfolds
Overview
On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court issued a major decision that allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, including Haitians and Syrians. The ruling limited the courts’ ability to review the administration’s reasons for ending TPS, even if those reasons seemed questionable. Justices highlighted that as long as the administration followed procedures, deeper legal challenges might not succeed. This decision puts many families at risk of losing their legal status and work permits, raising fears of deportation and family separation, and shifting the responsibility for their future to Congress.