Haitian Bridge Alliance renews call for US to halt deportations to Haiti
The group urges the Senate to restore Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Haitians, saying the US itself warns its citizens not to travel there.
NEW YORK, United States. The San Diego-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) on Monday, October 26, renewed its call on the Trump administration to halt deportations to Haiti, and urged the US Senate to restore Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 300,000 Haitians.
HBA Executive Director Guerline Jozef told Caribbean Life that the administration continues to deport Haitians at a steady pace, most recently, reportedly, on October 22.
"HBA reiterates its longstanding call for an immediate suspension of deportations to a country devastated by gang violence, mass displacement and institutional collapse," she said, noting that nearly 1.5 million people are internally displaced in Haiti.
Jozef cited UN reports of widespread sexual violence against women and girls, and said four Salvadoran soldiers had recently been kidnapped and that several senior Haitian government officials had been kidnapped a few months earlier.
TPS terminated
The administration terminated Haiti's TPS and employment authorisation designation effective July 27, 2026.
"The Trump administration knows Haiti is not safe; yet, it continues to deport people into a humanitarian catastrophe," Jozef said. "Haitian lives are not disposable."
She noted that in April 2026 the US House of Representatives, led by Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and with bipartisan support, passed legislation to extend TPS for Haitians. Senators Edward Markey and Lisa Blunt Rochester then introduced S. 4814, which has 46 co-sponsors.
"Despite these efforts, the Senate has yet to enact legislation safeguarding Haitian families from deportation," she said.
"Too dangerous for American citizens"
Jozef pointed out that the US State Department maintains its level 4 "Do Not Travel" warning for Haiti and restricts the movement of American diplomats, and that federal aviation restrictions also reflect the crisis.
"If Haiti is too dangerous for American citizens and diplomatic personnel, the administration must explain why it continues to send Haitian families into those same conditions," she said.
She also noted that in September 2025 the United States co-sponsored a UN Security Council resolution authorising a multinational force of up to 5,550 personnel to confront gang violence. Chad and El Salvador have already deployed troops under the arrangement, she said.
