As expected, Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has ended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 500,000 Haitians in the United States.

Today’s order means TPS for the Haitians expires on August 3; it terminates permanently on September 2.

The move to remove the Haitians follows an order in February that partially vacated the bogus designation, which her predecessor, Alejandro Mayorkas, used to import them.

The gravy train for the Haitians derailed in the order of February 24, as The New American reported.

“For decades the TPS system has been exploited and abused,” DHS said at that time:

For example, Haiti has been designated for TPS since 2010. The data shows each extension of the country’s TPS designation allowed more Haitian nationals, even those who entered the U.S. illegally, to qualify for legal protected status. 

In May of 2011, DHS estimated that 57,000 Haitians were eligible to register for TPS. In August 2021, DHS estimated that 155,000 Haitians were eligible under the new designation. And by July 2024, the estimate skyrocketed to 520,694.

In giving the Haitians TPS, the order says, Mayorkas “failed to evaluate whether ‘permitting the aliens to remain temporarily in the United States’ is not ‘contrary to the national interest of the United States.’”

Amazingly, based on its “extraordinary and temporary conditions,” TPS for Haiti goes back 15 years, the order explained:

Haiti was initially designated in January 2010 on the basis of extraordinary and temporary conditions stemming from an earthquake. DHS estimated at the time that there were 100,000 to 200,000 Haitians in the United States who would be eligible.

Following the initial designation, DHS extended the TPS designation for Haiti and newly designated Haiti based on “extraordinary and temporary conditions” numerous times between 2011 and 2018.

When President Trump ended TPS for the country in 2018, the usual far-left lawsuits ensued. Which didn’t much matter. With a friend in Mayorkas, the Haitian invasion would not only continue but also intensify. From 2011 through 2024, when Mayorkas last extended TPS, the number of Haitians eligible for TPS exploded from 57,000 to 520,694.

Noem’s February decision invited the usual farrago of denunciation from the far Left.

U.S. Senator and Pretendian Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said the Trump Administration was speaking with a forked tongue.

“Donald Trump’s decision to rip away protections for Haitians who are legally in the United States is shameful. Haiti is not safe right now and Haitians with TPS are here legally after fleeing unfathomable violence and instability,” she said:

These individuals have legal status and are actively contributing to our communities, something I’ve seen firsthand in Massachusetts. Revoking TPS for Haitians will harm up to half a million of our neighbors and devastate communities. The United States made a promise to these families, and the President should honor that promise and reverse this decision immediately.

Warren apparently didn’t know that TPS is temporary.

That aside, the arrival of the Haitian invasion ruffled feathers in Springfield, Ohio, where Haitians were chowing down on the city’s wild avian fauna. They were also crashing cars regularly. One longtime resident complained about Haitians who were squatting in her front yard.

And during his debate with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump asserted that Haitians were eating pets.

Noem’s February order explained the law. She was required to review Haiti’s conditions at least 60 days before the expiration of TPS. “If the Secretary determines that the foreign state no longer meets the conditions for TPS designation, the Secretary must terminate the designation,” apropos of federal immigration statutes.

At the time, the order said TPS would expire on August 3.

That review is done, and now the order is final.

The expiration date stands, and TPS terminates on September 2, which presumably gives Haitians a month to depart the country without facing legal trouble.

“Overall, country conditions have improved to the point where Haitians can return home in safety,” DHS reported today:

[Noem] further determined that permitting Haitian nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is contrary to the national interest of the United States. Haitian nationals returning home are encouraged to use the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP Home app to report their departure from the United States.

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a lower court order that blocked Noem’s revocation of TPS for about 350,000 of 700,000 Venezuelans.