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The First Deportation Flight Since TPS Ended Landed in Cap-Haïtien With 161 People. Here Is What It Changes for You — and What It Does Not.

On Thursday, August 20, 2026, a charter flight from Alexandria, Louisiana landed at Cap-Haïtien with 161 people aboard — the first removal flight to Haiti since the TPS termination took effect. U.S. officials say flights will go to roughly twice a week. This is what is confirmed, what is still unclear, and the six things to do this week. Read the latest →

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Vant Bèf InfoAug 30 États-Unis : une vidéo d’Haïtiens enchaînés lors d’une expulsion indigne Radio-CanadaAug 29 Washington promeut ses expulsions de ressortissants haïtiens dans une vidéo controversée - Rezo NòdwèsAug 29 USA | TPS Haiti — La démocrate Yassamin Ansari dénonce une décision « répugnante » de l’administration Trump Yahoo News CanadaAug 29 Haitians deported from the United States arrive in Cap-Haitien, a coastal city in northern Haiti, on Thursday. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump's administration to move ahead with plans to cancel temporary protected status for H CBCAug 29 'Depravity dressed up as policy': Video of U.S. deportation flight to Haiti sparks outrage AlterPresseAug 29 Haïti-Criminalité : Haitian Bridge Alliance condamne les violences et appelle Washington à suspendre les expulsions Springfield News-SunAug 29 Haitian TPS Press Conference News12 | BronxAug 29 'We belong here.' Rally held in support of Haitian Temporary Protected Status Global RefugeAug 29 Le statut de protection temporaire (TPS) pour Haïti a été supprimé. Le retour de ces personnes dans le pays est extrêmement dangereux. EWTN NewsAug 29 Haitian Nationals Lose T.P.S. and Face Deportation NY Carib NewsAug 28 Haiti – Trump To Expand Deportation Flights Despite The Violence And Unstable Conditions ReutersAug 28 Haiti receives nearly 200,000 forced deportees, UN says after brutal gang killing All 30+ headlines on the News page →

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The White House says courts ordered Haitians out. Here's what the ruling did

CBC News (Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, Aug 29) reports that DHS posted a video on X late Thursday showing men led up a set of airplane stairs, their hands and feet bound to a chain around the waist, over a caption reading “Haiti TPS has been TERMINATED” and “They have two options: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY or be DEPORTED.” Asked about the criticism, White House spokesperson Lauren Bis told CBC: “The federal courts have ordered the Haitian illegals must leave the U.S.” That is not what the courts did. In June the Supreme Court allowed the administration to go ahead with ending TPS, and the termination took effect July 27 — it ended a status. It is not a judge ordering you personally to leave, and removal still requires a legal process in which you have rights. If an immigration judge has already ordered your removal, that is a separate thing and it is real — see a lawyer about it this week. Know your rights → · Free legal help

Aug 29

El Salvador's TPS expires Sept 9 — and no termination notice was filed

USA TODAY (María Luisa Paúl, Aug 29) reports that Salvadorans with TPS are waiting on a decision that has not come: USCIS said on Aug 12 that their work permits and their protection from deportation expire Sept 9, but the law requires the Homeland Security secretary to announce a termination at least 60 days before a designation ends — which would have meant a Federal Register notice in July — and no such notice was published. When no decision is made, the law says protections extend automatically for six months. Do not treat that as a promise. When Honduras's designation lapsed the same way last year, DHS announced two days later that TPS would instead end in 60 days; a judge struck that down, an appeals court put the ruling on hold, and Hondurans are without TPS while the case continues. In Maryland, the Rev. Vidal Rivas — now the named standby guardian for 31 children — is telling his Salvadoran congregation to make those arrangements now. If your TPS is through El Salvador, see a lawyer this week and put in writing who cares for your children if you are detained. Find legal help → · Make a family plan

Aug 28

More than 40 Springfield Haitians have been held in four Ohio jails

This page has already listed the six Ohio jails that contract with ICE; the Dayton Daily News (Jessica Orozco, Aug 28) now puts a number on how many Springfield Haitians have passed through them. More than 40 local Haitian immigrants are in custody now or were previously held at four of them — the Butler County Jail, the Seneca County Jail, the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio and the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center. Some people have been released wearing ankle monitors, advocates told the paper. A jail roster is not the whole picture: if someone has stopped answering, search the detainee locator and then call the jail — a name you cannot find is a reason to keep looking, not a conclusion in either direction. Find someone detained → · Free legal help

Aug 28

Cash and a flight to leave — and why Springfield advocates warn against it

The DHS video already on this page ends with the words “LEAVE NOW” and the address of the government's self-deportation page. The Dayton Daily News (Jessica Orozco, Aug 28) took that offer to Springfield. Carl Ruby, pastor of Central Christian Church and founder of the local faith group Springfield G92, said the promise of money to people who go voluntarily “puts a target on them” — Haitian gangs are on social media, and a publicized cash payment reads to them as an invitation to rob someone the day they land. Vilès Dorsainvil, who heads the Springfield Haitian Community Help and Support Center, said he has not heard of anyone who actually received the money — that is what he has heard, not proof that no one has. DHS's written statement to the paper puts the payment at $3,000, and figures quoted elsewhere this month have been lower; a price that keeps changing is a reason to get advice before you sign, not after. Nobody has to leave, and losing TPS is not a deportation order. Talk to an immigration lawyer first, because leaving the United States can change whether and when you are able to come back. Find legal help →

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Aug 28

UN: nearly 200,000 people were forced back into Haiti in eight months

Nearly 200,000 people were forcibly returned to Haiti in the first eight months of this year — at least 20,000 more than in the same period last year — Indrika Ratwatte, the UN's acting assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, told an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Friday, Reuters reports (Sarah Morland, Aug 28). Read that number carefully: it counts every forced return to Haiti from every country, and Reuters gives no country-by-country breakdown, so it is not a count of U.S. deportations. The meeting was called days after the gang attack on Kenscoff already on this page — Carlos Ruiz, who heads the UN office in Haiti, told the Council that three boys and two girls were among the 47 people killed, that houses were set on fire, and that people who ran were attacked inside a church. If anyone is pressing you to accept money and a flight to Haiti, talk to an immigration lawyer before you sign anything: leaving can change whether and when you are able to come back, and losing TPS is not a deportation order. Find legal help → · Know your rights

Aug 28

Haiti's TPS lawsuit is still alive — its lead lawyer says don't wait for it

Geoff Pipoly, lead counsel in Miot v. Trump, told The Haitian Times (Macollvie Neel, Aug 28) that the case is not finished: the Supreme Court's June 25 ruling let the termination take effect while the litigation continues, the claim that the termination was driven by racial animus is still alive, and his team is now in discovery, building the factual record the Court said was missing. That does not give anyone status back — TPS for Haiti is terminated, work permits expired July 27, and nothing in this case changes what you are allowed to do today. Pipoly's own advice to Haitians who lost status is the action, and it is the same one this page keeps giving: talk to an immigration lawyer now, about your own situation, and do not wait for the courts to save you. Find legal help → · Know your rights

Aug 28

'Unshackle Springfield': clergy on ankle monitors, and a pastor not eating

Faith leaders from Springfield, Ohio and from around the country held a press conference Friday afternoon at Greater Grace Temple, hosted by the faith group Springfield G92, calling on ICE to end what several of them called a siege on the city, the Dayton Daily News / Springfield News-Sun (Jessica Orozco, Aug 28) reports. Local NAACP president Denise Williams and Rev. Adam Banks of First Baptist Church described the ankle monitors many Haitians in Springfield have been ordered to wear as shackles — "Unshackle Springfield," Williams said. Vilès Dorsainvil of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center said people there have complied with every order and do go to their ICE check-ins, but that ICE has been taking people into custody directly rather than letting them keep scheduled appointments, and that detained pastor Joubert Gilbert Adrien — held in the Butler County Jail on an ICE hold — has not eaten since his arrest; ICE has not confirmed his account. If you have a check-in or a court date coming, talk to a lawyer before that date, not after, and decide now who cares for your children if you do not come home. Make a family plan → · Find someone detained

Aug 28

Brooklyn: a Little Caribbean restaurant owner had to fire whole families

Wesly Simon, who owns a Haitian restaurant in Brooklyn's Little Caribbean, told Scripps News (Kadia Tubman, Aug 28) that he had to let longtime workers go once TPS ended and their work permits stopped: "It's like I'm firing the whole family. I'm firing the kids, I'm firing their wife." He said it is harder on the business than the pandemic he opened during — "COVID we have the stimulus. There's no stimulus" — and Porez Luxama, president of the Brooklyn Haitian nonprofit Life of Hope, said the fear has emptied the neighborhood: "It feels like it's a ghost-like town." Losing a work permit is not a deportation order and staying home is not the only option: if your permit expired, find out from a lawyer whether anything else you have filed lets you work, and know what your employer can and cannot do while you sort it out. Your rights at work → · Find legal help

Aug 28

Charleroi, Pa.: guardianship papers, a house, and a 150-woman group chat

In Charleroi, Pennsylvania, the Haitian community is preparing instead of waiting, 90.5 WESA (Susan Scott Peterson, Aug 28) reports: less than a week before TPS ended, the rapid-response group Frontline Dignity ran a training with local churches and Haitian residents, and founder Jaime Martinez says it turned into concrete planning — including whether parents should sign temporary guardianship papers so someone they choose can care for their children if they are detained. Hope Community Church, with two Presbyterian congregations in Upper St. Clair and Mount Lebanon, has fixed up a four-bedroom Hope House for Haitian women and children in crisis, its rent covered for a year by an anonymous donor; Anide Limage's mutual-aid group Fanm Vanyan keeps a daily group chat of more than 150 Haitian women. Multiple sources told WESA that no raids or mass arrests appear to have happened in Charleroi so far — that is what people there have seen, not a promise — and Jimmy Alexandre of the town's Haitian Resource Center says many are staying home anyway, while the church's English class now meets online. Do what that training starts with: decide today who cares for your children if you are detained, write it down, and give that person a lawyer's number. Make a family plan → · Know your rights

Aug 28

Salisbury, Md.: a lawyer says contact is cut the moment someone is detained

The Salisbury, Maryland march already on this page — the same Wednesday march, not a second one — is told in full by ABC News (Nathan Lee, Aug 28), and it adds the detail that matters most: Kenson Raymond, a Salisbury immigration lawyer who says it took him about 15 years to get his own green card, has six people from his community currently in the process of being deported, and says communication cuts off as soon as someone is detained — even for the attorney. Pastor Gabrielle Montilus of the city's Pentecostal church says congregants, with status or without it, are now afraid to come to church, and residents described empty pews and empty workplaces. On Thursday's deportation flight to Cap-Haïtien, Haitian officials put 57 people aboard including families, ABC reports, while Local 10 News (Magdala Louissaint, Aug 27), which filmed the arrival, said about 70; the Haitian Bridge Alliance says U.S.-born children were among them, and ABC says it is not clear whether anyone aboard had held TPS. If someone you love stops answering, do not wait for a call — start the detainee locator the same day and reach a lawyer that night. Find someone detained → · Free, verified legal help

Aug 27

San Diego: quieter enforcement, record arrests, 50 children taken in July

ICE has arrested more than 9,300 people in San Diego and Imperial counties since January, and nearly 2,000 in July alone, KPBS (Gustavo Solis and Brenden Tuccinardi, Aug 27) reports from newly released Deportation Data Project records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act — even though DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who replaced Kristi Noem in March, told his confirmation hearing that ICE would be less visible and would stay out of the headlines. The same records show arrests of people without criminal convictions more than doubled between April and July, from 446 to 1,196, while arrests of people with convictions held steady, and that 50 children under 15 were arrested in the region in July, up from 24 in June. Fewer viral videos does not mean less enforcement. If you live in San Diego or Imperial County, carry a rights card, remember you do not have to open your door without a warrant signed by a judge, and keep a lawyer's number where your family can find it. Print a rights card → · Know your rights

Aug 27

A second deportation flight to Haiti in a week, with children aboard

The Department of Homeland Security sent a second deportation flight to Haiti in a week on Thursday, Miami Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles reported (Aug 27): dozens of people flown into Cap-Haïtien, among them several children born in the United States — the youngest a 1-year-old, according to information shared with Haitian authorities before the plane landed. Flights had been running about once a month until now, and U.S. officials warned Haitian authorities last month to expect more; the same week, the Herald reports, dozens of Haitians were taken to the Krome detention center in Miami-Dade after being arrested outside grocery stores and shopping malls. A child born here is a U.S. citizen and cannot be deported — but a parent who is removed can take their child along, so decide now, and write down, who cares for your children if you are detained, and give that person a lawyer's number. Make a family plan → · Find someone detained

Aug 27

A hospital in Haiti is recruiting former TPS holders for medical jobs

A 125-bed hospital in Fonds-Parisien, about 80 minutes east of Port-au-Prince, is recruiting Haitian health professionals who built careers abroad, The Haitian Times (Fritznel D. Octave, Aug 27) reports: the Higgins Brothers Surgicenter for Hope's notice asks for one anesthesiologist, two nurse anesthetists, two pediatricians, an internist, an emergency physician and an orthopedist, with monthly salaries advertised at $2,000 to $4,000 against the $500 to $1,500 the paper cites for Haiti's health system overall. Chief surgeon Dr. Jacques Peterson Thosiac says they are looking for providers returning to Haiti; the hospital sits 18 miles from gang-controlled areas near Croix-des-Bouquets and says it keeps a 24-hour private security force working alongside the national police. Nobody has to leave — losing TPS is not a deportation order. If you are weighing a return anyway, talk to an immigration lawyer before you go, because leaving the United States can change whether and when you are able to come back, and apply through the hospital's own site (higginsbrotherssurgicenter.org) rather than through anyone who contacts you first. Free, verified legal help →

Aug 27

A school-zone speeding stop put a Port St. Lucie senior in ICE custody

Emmanuel Nelson, 18, a senior and linebacker at Port St. Lucie High School in Florida, was pulled over on the morning of Aug 19 for driving 45 in a 20 mph school zone; during the stop officers checked his information, found he was not a U.S. citizen and that his work permit had expired, called ICE, and booked him into the St. Lucie County Jail on an immigration detainer — CBS12/WPEC (Jack Wu, Aug 27), citing the Port St. Lucie police arrest report. ICE told the station Nelson entered the country legally on Jan 16, 2016 but violated the terms of his admission and is being held pending removal; L'union Suite (Aug 27), summarizing TCPalm's reporting, says a family spokesperson describes a pending permanent-residency petition filed by a U.S.-citizen step-parent. The station also notes ICE dates the arrest Aug 22, three days after the citation. Two things here are worth acting on: an ordinary traffic stop is how this started, and Nelson has already been moved from the county jail to the Broward Transitional Center — a transfer can happen in days, so run the detainee locator and call a lawyer the same night, not the next week. Decide in advance what you will say if you are pulled over. Find someone detained → · Know your rights

Aug 27

A second Springfield pastor is detained — and moved out of Ohio in a day

The second Haitian pastor that advocates described on this page yesterday now has a named source: Carl Ruby, senior pastor of Springfield's Central Christian Church, told NBC4 (Katie Millard, Aug 27) that the pastor was detained Tuesday and that by Wednesday afternoon he had already been moved to a detention facility outside Ohio, where Ruby says he “may be deported within hours or days.” Pastor Gilbert Joubert Adrien, taken Aug 20 at the Sunoco along with Victor Yonel — whose wife was in the car and was released — is still detained, and ICE's only comment to the station was that “Temporary Protected Status is exactly that—temporary.” Losing TPS is still not a deportation order, but a transfer can happen in about a day: if someone stops answering, search the ICE detainee locator that same night and call a lawyer before they are moved, not after. Find someone detained → · Free, verified help near you

Aug 27

After an ICE arrest in Ohio: the bond hearing and the two-week wait

More than 30 Springfield-area Haitians are being held, or have been held, at the Butler County Jail, which contracts with ICE — 28 men and three women as of Wednesday, several photographed in their work shirts — the Dayton Daily News and Journal-News reported (Jessica Orozco and Cornelius Frolik, Aug 27). Attorney Kathleen Kersh of Advocates for Basic Legal Equality says ICE should ask a detained person whether they want a custody redetermination hearing, the immigration bond hearing, and that immigration bond must be paid in full — unlike criminal bond — from a $1,500 minimum up to $45,000 in one case she cites; the National Immigrant Justice Center says a first hearing usually takes two to four weeks to schedule and that people are not normally removed at or before it unless they already have a removal order. The Sixth Circuit, which covers Ohio, has ruled that jailing long-settled residents with no chance at a bond hearing violates due process, while other circuits have ruled the opposite — which is why attorney Vincent Wells of Community Refugee & Immigration Services warns people can be moved to Texas or Louisiana, away from their lawyers. Ask for the bond hearing, and find a lawyer the same week: ABLE runs free legal clinics and Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio takes deportation-defense cases. Find someone detained → · Free, verified help near you

Aug 26

San Diego: advocates say ICE is detaining Haitian delivery drivers

Arturo Gonzalez, who films ICE arrests around San Diego, told ABC 10News (Laura Acevedo, Aug 26) that Haitians have increasingly become the target there in recent weeks and that many of those taken were working when it happened: “It's been a lot of DoorDash and Uber Eats drivers because they're actively out delivering food from nearby restaurants.” His video shows abandoned cars with undelivered food still on the seat; Benjamin Prado of Union del Barrio described the same pattern, and the Haitian Bridge Alliance cancelled its monthly event, with president Guerline Jozef saying “we are very sad that the community is so traumatized.” ICE told the station it does not target anyone by race or nationality and that its operations are “based on law enforcement information, case-specific facts, and applicable legal authorities” — so treat this as what San Diego advocates are seeing, not a confirmed policy, and if you drive for an app, decide today what you will say in a stop and leave a lawyer's number with someone who will answer. Know your rights in a stop → · Report ICE activity

Aug 26

Hundreds march in Salisbury, Md.; county says it left the 287(g) program

Members of Salisbury's Haitian community marched through downtown with clergy and the ACLU of Maryland on Wednesday, Aug 26, ending outside the Wicomico County Government Office, where Bishop William J. Barber II said “the pews, churches are empty because people are scared” and local Haitian leader Roosevelt Toussaint said the turnout was far past what he expected (WBOC, Anthony Evangelista, Aug 26). Organizers tried to hand County Executive Julie Giordano a letter about the county's former 287(g) agreement with ICE; she was not in the building, and told WBOC that Wicomico withdrew from the program after the Maryland General Assembly barred such agreements in February and that the current operations are federal, not the county's. That distinction is worth knowing where you live: ask your own county whether its jail still has a 287(g) agreement, and if you are stopped, ask which agency is stopping you before you answer anything. Know your rights in a stop → · Free, verified help near you

Aug 26

Clergy ask ICE to free the Springfield pastor; churches stand together Aug 30

Pastor Gilbert Joubert Adrien — the Springfield pastor ICE took at a Sunoco on Aug 20, already on this page — is still in ICE detention, and the faith group Springfield G92 has publicly asked for his immediate release, saying he has lived in the US five years with no criminal or immigration detention history, worked for Ohio employers and filed federal taxes from 2021 through 2025 (Springfield News-Sun, Aug 26). G92 says hundreds of clergy from across the country are traveling to Springfield to call for his release, and that faith leaders will stand with Haitian congregations at churches on Sunday, Aug 30; advocates also told the paper that a second Haitian pastor was detained this week, which ICE has not confirmed. If you have stopped going to church, Sunday is a day there will be people there to go with you — ask Springfield G92 or the Haitian Community Help and Support Center, and if a relative has stopped answering, start the search before you start calling. Free, verified help near you → · Find someone detained

Aug 26

Springfield shares camera-network data with 2,500 agencies — 130 work with ICE

More than a dozen Springfield residents spoke against the ICE arrests at the city commission meeting on Tuesday, Aug 25, and one of them, Jill Potter-Bonsell, said it is “very possible” the city's Flock license-plate cameras are being used to predict people's routes to work — that is her reading, and no one has confirmed it. The Springfield News-Sun's own reporting is the harder fact: Springfield turns on a setting that disallows immigration as a reason for a search, and it still shares network access with 2,500 agencies, 130 of which have ICE agreements (Jessica Orozco, Aug 26); Mayor Rob Rue repeated that Springfield police have no 287(g) agreement with ICE, and NAACP president Denise Williams called the ankle monitors “a huge civil rights violation.” A license plate is not a reason to stop driving to work — it is a reason to decide in advance what you say and what you hand over in a traffic stop, and to ask your own city whether its police share that data. Know your rights in a stop → · Report ICE activity

Aug 25

Phoenix: a pastor is the reason people are still making it to court

About 2,000 Haitian immigrants live in the Phoenix area, by the estimate of Osny Augustin, the lay pastor of a roughly 200-person Haitian congregation at Trinity United Methodist Church on Glendale Avenue in northwest Phoenix, and he now takes 10 to 12 calls a day from people who lost warehouse and nursing-home jobs when their work permits went and need help buying food or finding somewhere to live (The Arizona Republic, Daniel Gonzalez, Aug 25). In one morning he drove two people to the hospital; he has driven 15 relatives to a graduation in the church van because they were afraid to drive themselves, and married a couple in the church library on a day's notice because a public wedding felt unsafe. The most useful thing in the story is the smallest: a lawyer called him to find a client whose phone had been disconnected days before her immigration court date, and he got her there — so if your number changes, tell your lawyer and the court that same week, because a missed hearing is how an order gets entered against someone who did nothing wrong. Free, verified legal help → · Keep your papers and your dates in one place

Aug 25

Justice Dept. sues to end a Columbus courthouse's ban on ICE arrests

The Justice Department sued the Franklin County Municipal Court in Columbus on Tuesday, Aug 25, asking a federal judge to strike down the rule the court adopted in March that bars civil arrests — the kind ICE makes — against people who are inside the courthouse for a hearing or other lawful court business (WOSU, George Shillcock, Aug 25). The rule already permits an arrest carried out on a warrant signed by a judge; the department wants the rest of it declared unenforceable and says ICE made at least 12 arrests at that courthouse before it took effect. No judge had ruled when the suit was filed, and it changes nothing outside Franklin County — and whatever happens to it, do not miss a court date, because a missed hearing can get a warrant issued against you. What to say in a stop · Free, verified legal help →

Aug 25

Springfield's real count: 30 arrests since Aug 1, not 160 on Friday

The Springfield News-Sun (Jessica Orozco, Aug 25) counted at least 30 Springfield Haitians arrested since Aug 1 — 16 of them last week, and three on Friday — and reported that as of Tuesday no new arrests had been logged at the Butler County Jail this week. A Dayton TV station's headline the same day (WDTN, Aug 25) said ICE “reportedly detained 160 people from Springfield on Friday”; the only count in that report's own sourcing is the Haitian Community Help and Support Center describing the 161 people deported to Haiti on the Aug 20 flight — a different thing. The arrests are real and they are continuing, and the jail roster is not the whole picture either: the News-Sun could not find one man's Aug 13 arrest in Butler County records at all. If someone is missing, search and call — do not assume either number. Find someone detained → · Check a rumor before you act on it

Aug 25

Volunteers are coming to Springfield Aug 26–30 to walk with families

Three national groups — Undivided, Shared Future and Faith In Action — are bringing trained volunteers to Springfield from Wednesday, Aug 26 through Sunday, Aug 30 to accompany Haitian residents on essential errands, act as observers, and be present at churches on Sunday, working with the local group Springfield G92 (Springfield News-Sun, Aug 25). Vilès Dorsainvil of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center said on the organizers' call that more than 51 people came to the center in a single day, many asking for help petitioning judges to take ankle monitors off; Rich Morales of Shared Future said volunteers do not have to be religious to come. If you have been staying home — from the pharmacy, the grocery store, or church — this week you can ask the center or Springfield G92 for someone to go with you. Free, verified help near you → · What to say in a stop

Aug 25

ICE arrested 49,571 people in July — most had no criminal conviction

ICE made 49,571 arrests in July, its highest monthly total of this administration, according to agency data released to the Deportation Data Project at UC Berkeley and UCLA under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit and analyzed by The Associated Press (Aug 25). More than half of the people arrested in July had not been convicted of any crime and were not facing any charges, and fewer than a quarter had a conviction — worth holding next to DHS's description of the Aug 20 flight to Haiti as carrying “dangerous criminals.” Half the arrests happened out in the community rather than in a jail, and local police working under 287(g) agreements made about 6,500 of them, so an ordinary traffic stop is now one of the ways people are picked up — decide in advance what you hand over and what you say. Know your rights in a stop → · Report ICE activity

Aug 25

CBP can now board boats twice as far out off South Florida and Puerto Rico

A rule published in the Federal Register today (Aug 25, 91 FR 54800) establishes four Customs-Enforcement Areas in the near-shore waters of South Florida, Puerto Rico, the Gulf Coast of Texas and Southern California, and extends how far out CBP officers may board a vessel, examine everyone on board, and pursue, seize or arrest — from 12 to 24 nautical miles from shore. CBP says the target is smuggling boats; the rule changes nothing on land, and gives no new authority over your home, your street or your job. If anyone offers to put you or a relative on a boat — leaving here, or coming here — talk to a free lawyer before you pay a dollar. Check a rumor before you act on it → · Free, verified legal help

Aug 24

UN: at least 47 killed in a gang raid on Kenscoff, above Port-au-Prince

The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti said Monday that at least 47 people were killed and 22 injured in an overnight gang raid on Kenscoff, the hillside community above Port-au-Prince, and that the estimate could still change (The Associated Press, Aug 24). Kenscoff's mayor said armed men set fire to homes and killed residents late Sunday; residents said a church where displaced families had taken shelter was attacked, and demanded the local police chief resign because people were killed minutes from the station. If ICE detains you and you are afraid to go back, say that out loud to the officer — telling an officer you fear returning generally requires them to refer you for a credible-fear interview, and nobody will ask you the question first. If someone is detained → · What to say in a stop

Aug 24

ICE says it arrested 1,328 people in Maryland and Virginia in two weeks

DHS announced Monday that ICE arrested 1,328 people in Maryland and Virginia between Aug 1 and Aug 14, in what it named “Operation Safe Community — Washington, D.C.” (NBC4 Washington and FOX 5 DC, Aug 24). ICE said almost 400 of them had been convicted of or charged with a crime and released nine names — which leaves more than 900 arrests the agency has said nothing about, and NBC4 wrote that it could not verify the figures without a full list. If you are in the DC, Maryland or Virginia area, decide today what happens at your door: you do not have to open it, and a warrant signed by an ICE officer is not a warrant signed by a judge. Know your rights in a stop → · Report ICE activity

Aug 24

DHS says 162 were on the Aug 20 flight, and named 15 of them

The Daily Wire and Breitbart both reported (Aug 24) that DHS has put the Aug 20 flight to Cap-Haïtien at 162 people and released photos and records for 15 of them — a third count, after Haiti's migration office said 161 and the Haitian Bridge Alliance said 170. DHS describes all 15 as having criminal convictions and gives the date an immigration judge signed a final removal order for nearly every one, some of them years ago; Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the flight carried “dangerous criminals.” DHS said nothing about the other 147, and did not say whether any of the 15 ever held TPS — so this is neither a list of who else was aboard nor a promise about anyone else. If you have ever missed an immigration court date, have a lawyer check whether an order was entered against you, and never sign a paper that gives up your right to a hearing. Free, verified legal help → · If someone is detained

Aug 24

Ohio: the mayor says ICE told the city enforcement will continue

The Ohio Capital Journal (Megan Henry, Aug 24) quotes Springfield Mayor Rob Rue saying the city is aware of ICE arrests and that “ICE has also indicated that targeted enforcement activity will continue throughout Ohio” — not only in Springfield. The same report names the six Ohio jails that contract with ICE to hold people: Butler County Jail in Hamilton, Seneca County Jail in Tiffin, the Geauga County Safety Center in Chardon, the Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio in Stryker, the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, and the Mahoning County Justice Center in Youngstown. Butler County held 1,105 people Friday morning in a jail whose general housing capacity is 844. If someone in your family stops answering, those six are where to look first — and you can start the search online before you call. Find someone detained → · Free legal help

Aug 24

Springfield: monitors, out-of-state call-ins, and a warning not to sign

In the same Ohio Capital Journal report, Theresa Hice-Fromille, a board member of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center, said ICE is picking people up at shopping plazas and apartment complexes, and that people who used to live in Springfield and have since moved out of state are being called back in to be fitted with ankle monitors. She said she has no information that anyone wearing a monitor has been detained, and described one person last week who was stopped on the street, given a monitor, and released — that is what she has seen, not a guarantee. Cleveland immigration lawyer Richard Herman told the outlet the pressure is deliberate: “The system is trying to encourage them to sign the deportation order yourself.” If you are called in to an ICE office, take a lawyer's number with you and do not sign anything before a lawyer reads it. Got a report-in letter? → · Free legal help

Aug 23

Canada turned back nearly 900 asylum claimants this year, agency says

CNN reported (Aug 23) that the Canada Border Services Agency has sent nearly 900 asylum claimants back to the United States since January because they were not eligible under the Safe Third Country Agreement; agency spokesperson Kelly Cameron said claims at the border are down more than 60% from last year. Gemima Cadet, a Haitian woman who did get through, went to an official port of entry carrying documents that showed close family living legally in Ottawa — one of the narrow exceptions — and Jenn McIntyre of the Canada-US Border Rights Clinic told CNN that people turned back are likely to be detained and deported from here. Find out whether you fit an exception before you spend money or move your family. Talk to an immigration lawyer →

Aug 22

Springfield: volunteers are asking judges to take ankle monitors off

The New York Times (Miriam Jordan, Aug 22) rode with Jonas Julien, 35, to his ICE appointment in Blue Ash, outside Cincinnati — he carried an active asylum petition and a work permit valid until 2029, and came out about 90 minutes later with a monitor clamped on his left ankle and an order to report back in a few weeks. At the Haitian Support Center in Springfield, American volunteers are filling out requests asking an immigration judge to authorize taking the monitors off people with medical conditions and other problems; volunteer Betsy Director told the Times they are “not bracelets, more like shackles” and described one being fitted on an elderly woman. If a monitor is hurting you or you cannot do your job wearing it, do not try to remove it yourself — ask a lawyer to file that request for you. Free, verified legal help → · Got a report-in letter?

Aug 22

Removal flights to Haiti have run about once a month this year

In the same New York Times report (Miriam Jordan, Aug 22), the Times writes that removal flights to Haiti have happened only about once a month this year, and that the Aug 20 flight to Cap-Haïtien — the first since TPS ended — carried some former TPS recipients, according to the Haitian Bridge Alliance, which put the flight at 170 people. Haiti's migration office counted 161 and had said none aboard were former TPS beneficiaries, so the accounts still differ and no one has published a count. The Times also reports the fear advocates named plainly: the ankle monitors would make people far easier to locate if large-scale removals begin — so treat the quiet weeks as time, not safety, and get a case looked at now. Free legal help today → · Find someone detained

Aug 21

Springfield: a pending asylum case did not stop an ICE arrest

The Dayton Daily News and Springfield News-Sun reported (Cornelius Frolik, Aug 21) that Elisthene Petit Kat, 38, was arrested Aug 15 on his way to work, after police pulled over a car he was riding in as a passenger, according to his partner Louine Farah. He never had TPS; he and Farah have an asylum application still waiting for a decision, and ICE's own guidance, quoted in the story, says applying for asylum does not by itself give someone legal status — only an immigration court or USCIS can grant it. He is held at the Butler County Jail on an ICE hold. A pending case is not a shield: keep a copy of it and a lawyer's number where your family can reach them, and remember a passenger does not have to answer where they were born. Your rights in a stop → · Find someone detained · Free legal help

Aug 21

Delaware: a Dover pastor is driving groceries to families afraid to drive

Spotlight Delaware reported (Aug 21) that Pastor Guy Danjoint of Haitian Evangelical International Ministries in Dover spent his evenings last week driving groceries to Haitian homes, because families are afraid that being stopped behind the wheel will end in deportation — Delaware's Haitian community is close to 5,000 people. A Caribbean grocery owner in southern Delaware told the outlet her weekly customer count has fallen from about 300 to a handful, and a church concert that usually fills the room drew about 20 people. If you are staying home, ask a church or community group to bring food rather than going without — and know what to do if you are stopped in a car. Your rights in a stop → · Find help near you

Aug 21

E-Verify says Salvadoran TPS ends Sept 9 — the law is less settled

USCIS told employers through E-Verify on Aug 20 that the “TPS designation of El Salvador and related benefits are set to terminate on Sept. 9, 2026,” but Documented reported (Aug 21) that DHS never announced by its legal deadline whether it was extending that designation — and federal law calls for an automatic six-month extension when the deadline passes; WKRC reported (Aug 21) that the same deadline passed for Ukraine. Since June's Supreme Court ruling no one can sue DHS over that part of the TPS law, so the Sept 9 date is not as fixed as the alert sounds — and none of this changes anything for Haiti or Syria, where the terminations took effect July 27 and those work permits are no longer valid. If you are Salvadoran or Ukrainian and an employer says your permit is expiring, have the date checked before you leave a job. If your work permit expired → · Free and low-cost legal help

Aug 21

Springfield: reporters tracked ICE all week — and one door that stayed shut

Springfield News-Sun reporters spent the week following ICE around the city and wrote down what they saw (Aug 21): a man taken near a car wash Aug 17, a van pulled over on Sherman Avenue at 10:30 a.m. Aug 19, and a driver stopped on East High Street at 8:53 a.m. Aug 21 — most of it during the morning trip to work, with more than 30 Haitians now held at the Butler County Jail on ICE holds. On Aug 20, agents surrounded an apartment on Dwight Road; no one answered the door, and they left about an hour later. You do not have to open your door — ask officers to slide a warrant signed by a judge underneath it — and keep a lawyer's number somewhere your family can find it. Know your rights in a stop → · Find someone detained

Aug 21

Judge strikes down the visa freeze that included Haiti and Syria

Jeannette Vargas, a federal district judge in Manhattan, ruled Friday that the State Department's January policy suspending immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries — Haiti and Syria among them — is “patently unlawful,” and struck it down (Reuters, Aug 21). This is about immigrant visas issued at U.S. consulates abroad: it does not restore TPS and changes nothing about your own status here. Both sides must propose next steps by Sept 11 and the government can still appeal (CNN, Aug 22) — so if a relative's approved family petition has been stuck since January, ask an immigration lawyer what this ruling means for that case.

Aug 21

South Florida: a Kreyòl hotline, and a center handing out ICE guidance

WPLG Local 10 reported (Aug 21) that Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center in North Miami is handing out flyers telling people what to do if ICE comes to the door, as Haitian families in Little Haiti settle into life after TPS. Sant La is at 13450 West Dixie Hwy, North Miami — (305) 573-4871, [email protected], Monday–Thursday 9 a.m.–6 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Florida's RAISE hotline, 1-888-600-5762, takes calls in Haitian Creole and is where people report ICE activity in the state (ACLU of Florida and partner groups). Report ICE activity → · Know your rights

Aug 21

Asking about Canada? What the law actually says before you spend money

A Canadian immigration consultant told WLRN she is seeing 20–30% more inquiries from Haitians (Aug 21) — but the routes she describes are work and skilled-worker programs you apply for from where you are, not something you get by traveling north. Under the Safe Third Country Agreement, people arriving from the US are generally barred from claiming asylum at the Canadian land border, including between ports of entry, with only narrow exceptions (close family in Canada, unaccompanied minors). Check Canada's own rules and talk to an immigration lawyer before you pay anyone or move your family.

Aug 21

Cap-Haïtien: what Haiti's migration office says arrivals receive

Haiti's migration office (ONM) says people who arrive are given food, some money for onward travel, a place to stay for a few nights and help locating family (CNN, Aug 21). CNN reporters in Cap-Haïtien found hospitals full and residents saying the city — spared the worst gang violence, and taking in people from Port-au-Prince too — is already stretched. If you have family who may arrive, write down their full name and date of birth now and keep a relative's Haiti phone number on paper. If someone is detained here →

Aug 21

Springfield advocate says two local Haitians were on Thursday's flight

Rose-Thamar Joseph of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center told the Springfield News-Sun that at least two Springfield Haitians were among those deported Thursday — one who had a final removal order since February after a missed court date, one she says asked to be deported rather than stay jailed (Aug 21). ICE has not confirmed this, no one is named, and neither is the pastor detained Thursday morning. She says about 25 Springfield residents are held at Butler County Jail. If a court date is missed, a lawyer may still be able to move to reopen — find free legal help today →

Aug 21

161 landed in Cap-Haïtien — accounts differ on whether TPS holders were aboard

Haiti's migration office (ONM) confirms 161 people arrived at Cap-Haïtien on Thursday, Aug 20, on a flight from Louisiana — the first removal flight since TPS ended. Who was aboard is disputed: AP quotes ONM director Jean Négot Bonheur Delva saying the group included TPS holders; The Haitian Times, citing the same office, reports none were former TPS beneficiaries (Aug 20–21). Nobody has published a count. Losing TPS is still not a deportation order — people with a pending case are not on these planes. Free, verified legal help →

Aug 20

Springfield pastor detained by ICE at a gas station — know your rights in a stop

Pastor Gilbert Joubert Adrien was taken into ICE custody Thursday morning at a Sunoco on South Limestone Street, with a second Haitian man; a woman in the car was released (Dayton Daily News, Aug 20; confirmed by Springfield G92). More than two dozen Haitians with Springfield ties are now held at Butler County Jail. In a vehicle stop you do not have to answer where you were born; a witness should note the time, place and agency. Your rights → · Find someone detained →

Aug 20

New scam: AI clones of real immigration lawyers target Haitians who lost TPS

Fraudsters are using AI to impersonate real immigration attorneys — fake photos, cloned firm websites, even deepfaked Zoom "hearings" — explicitly targeting Haitians and Venezuelans who lost TPS (WLRN, Aug 20; sources include the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the ABA). Before paying anyone: look the lawyer up on your state bar's own website and visit the office in person. How to spot legal-services fraud →

Aug 20

Springfield: five Haitians arrested in a vehicle stop — police have no ICE deal

ICE took five people from one van pulled over on the way home from work last week; they are held at Butler County Jail (Springfield Haitian Support Center, via WYSO Aug 18). These were vehicle stops, not check-ins. Mayor Rob Rue confirms ICE is conducting field enforcement in the city; Police Chief Allison Elliott confirms Springfield PD has no 287(g) agreement with ICE and is not seeking one (WVXU, Aug 20). Your rights at a stop → · Find someone detained →

Aug 20

New York's governor asks DHS to reverse the Haiti TPS termination

Gov. Hochul wrote DHS Secretary Mullin on Aug 17 calling the termination "reckless and inhumane" and asking him to reverse it — about 40,000 Haitian TPS holders live in New York, roughly 7,000 in caregiving jobs (Haitian Times, Aug 20). No new state assistance came with the letter, so if your permit has lapsed, talk to a lawyer about your own options rather than waiting on a reversal. Your options after TPS →

Aug 19

The van stop, in full: the driver was a U.S. citizen and was not cited

The stop that took five Haitian men out of one van in Springfield — already on this page — is told in full by the Springfield News-Sun (Sydney Dawes, Aug 19). The driver, Beaubrun Charles Ardouin, is a naturalized U.S. citizen who drives people to and from work; he was pulled over near Topre America around 7:45 a.m. on Aug 14 and says the officer called it an “immigration check,” asked for the IDs of all five passengers, and said they would break his windows if he did not unlock the van. All five said they had pending asylum applications and all five were taken — five Haitian men were booked into the Butler County Jail on ICE holds that day — while Ardouin himself was never cited for anything, and the Department of Homeland Security did not answer the paper's questions. Two lawyers in the story say what to do: Thomas Hagel, law professor emeritus at the University of Dayton, says a stop based solely on race is illegal, and Katie Kersh of Advocates for Basic Legal Equality says to ask the agent for identification, ask if you are under arrest, and ask if you are free to leave. What to say in a stop · Find someone detained →

Aug 19

ICE told to consider fast-track deportation first for ex-TPS holders

The New York Times (Miriam Jordan, Aug 19) reviewed guidance sent to ICE officers saying people who recently lost TPS — Haiti, Syria, Yemen and South Sudan — should “first be considered for expedited removal,” a process that lets the government deport someone without a hearing before an immigration judge; DHS did not comment on the guidance, and a federal appeals court in June allowed the fast-track process to be used nationwide. It is not automatic: the Legal Aid Society explains that expedited removal generally reaches people who entered without permission and cannot show they have lived here continuously for at least two years — so keep proof of your years here (leases, utility bills, pay stubs, school and medical records, tax returns) copied and with someone you trust. And if you are afraid to go back, say so out loud: officers are generally required to refer you for a credible fear interview. Know your rights in a stop → · Free legal help

Aug 19

21,000 Haitians with TPS worked as caregivers — the layoffs have started

Reuters reported (Maria Tsvetkova, Aug 19) that about 21,000 of the 330,000 Haitians who held TPS worked as caregivers and nursing assistants last year, serving roughly 77,000 patients, in a census analysis by Princeton research fellow Philip Connor. In Rockland County, New York, the nonprofit Jawonio laid off nearly two dozen Haitian staff — 7% of its workforce — after the work permits ended July 27; CEO Randi Rios-Castro told Reuters it "has never been just an immigration issue" but a healthcare workforce one, and Rep. Mike Lawler's office said it is working with the group to find other legal statuses for the people laid off. If you lost a care job, do not assume there is no other status for you — have a lawyer check before you decide anything. Find free legal help → · Tools and checklists

Aug 19

Ethiopia and Somalia TPS ended too — five countries still designated

USCIS now lists Ethiopia's TPS as terminated effective Aug 18 and Somalia's effective Aug 14, after a Boston judge lifted the last court block (USCIS, Aug 18 and Aug 14). A12 and C19 work permits for both are no longer valid. Only five countries remain designated — El Salvador, Lebanon, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela — and three of those already have end dates.

Aug 17

Springfield: churches lined up caregivers before parents are detained

Religion News Service reported (Aug 17) that Springfield groups are getting families ready before a detention happens: Springfield Neighbors United and the Catholic nonprofit St. Vincent de Paul are helping parents apply for U.S. passports for their U.S.-citizen children and sign a power of attorney naming a trusted adult who could care for them. Ohio also funded a respite-care network run with the Nehemiah Foundation — about 20 vetted families ready to take children short-term until relatives can reach them, says Tim Voltz, an elder at Champion City church. You can start tonight without a lawyer: write down who would pick your children up, their phone number, and your children's doctors and medicines — then ask a lawyer which form your state uses. Make a family plan → · Find free legal help

Aug 14

New TPS end dates: El Salvador Sept 9, Ukraine and Sudan Oct 19

USCIS notices dated Aug 12 and Aug 14 set the end of the El Salvador designation at Sept 9, 2026, and Ukraine and Sudan at Oct 19, 2026. USCIS says it is mailing and posting notices to people with a pending work-permit renewal confirming their expired card is good until that date — keep that notice with the card, your employer needs to see both. Lebanon runs through Nov 27, 2026.

Aug 11

E-Verify now flags cancelled TPS work permits straight to employers

USCIS added TPS work permits (categories A12 and C19) to the E-Verify Status Change Report on Aug 11, refreshed every two weeks, so an employer can now pull a list of staff whose cards DHS has voided (USCIS, Aug 11). USCIS says plainly that your card can still look valid, because DHS does not take the old cards back. If your employer re-checks you, you choose which document to show — they may not demand a particular one, and they may not treat you differently because of where you are from. Your rights at work →

Aug 10

Ankle monitors: still only Springfield — and what the $2,600 is

At the July 31 check-ins near Cincinnati about 50 Haitians were pressed to take $2,600 to self-deport or wear a monitor; all refused the money, and about 12 were fitted with monitors on Aug 2 (WLRN, Aug 10). Advocates in Boston, Chicago, Miami and Brooklyn report no monitors there — this is still a Springfield practice, not a national one. The $2,600 is a real DHS program, signed up for free in the government's own app — so nobody can charge you a fee to get it, and taking it means leaving the country. Got a report-in letter? Read this first →

Aug 7

Reported ICE arrest pause: not confirmed — do not change your plans

Newsweek reported (Aug 6, updated Aug 7) that ICE staff were told to hold off on enforcement against Haitians with expired TPS "for now." It rests on two anonymous sources, no document; DHS would not comment; it is unclear how long it lasts or whether it is nationwide, and people with a final removal order are not covered. It changes nothing about your status or your work permit. Meanwhile arrests of former TPS holders were reported to Haitian Bridge Alliance in Arizona, California, Indiana and Maryland (CNN, Aug 9). How we sort confirmed from rumor →

Aug 6

Ohio: report-to-ICE letters and ankle monitors — confirmed, at scale

Hundreds of Haitian families around Springfield have been ordered by DHS letter to report to ICE in Cincinnati; many leave wearing GPS ankle monitors with a ~75-mile travel limit (Haitian Times, ABC, NBC4, 10TV). Gov. DeWine says he’s told no raids are planned. A monitor is not a deportation order. What’s confirmed and exactly what to do →

Aug 5

A judge ended the last court order — and refused to freeze the case

Judge Ana Reyes signed a two-page order today stating the stay that had blocked the Haiti TPS termination "is no longer in effect." Nothing about your status changed today — USCIS has said terminated since July 27. What is new: in the same order she denied the government's request to stop discovery, so the lawsuit continues. There is still no list to join and no fee that brings TPS back — anyone charging you is stealing. We read the order — here is what it says →

Aug 5

San Diego: free legal help in Kreyòl for families who lost TPS

Haitian Bridge Alliance director Guerline Jozef estimates 7,000–10,000 Haitians in San Diego lost TPS on July 27, many in families with US-citizen children (Times of San Diego / East County Magazine, Aug 5). The group offers free legal help with Kreyòl- and French-speaking attorneys and is helping parents put childcare plans in writing. Hotline 619-693-8708, Mon–Fri. Make your family plan →

Aug 4

Enforcement is underway — what's confirmed vs. rumor

Confirmed: removal flights climbing toward about two a week, DHS letters ordering people to report to ICE, and South Florida advocates describing a sharp rise in arrests. Not confirmed: any raid in Little Haiti — and the viral "Miami workplace raid" video is from June 2025, not this week. What's confirmed vs. rumor, source by source →

Jul 30

Confirmed: DHS call-in letters and ankle monitors

The director of the Haitian Community Help & Support Center in Springfield, Ohio said on the record that people are receiving DHS letters ordering them to report, and that ankle monitors are being fitted at check-ins (Democracy Now, Jul 30). Got a letter? Talk to a lawyer before the date on it →

Jul 29

USCIS issues termination guidance; South Florida reports an arrest surge

USCIS published updated guidance for employers on the terminated designations. The same day, advocates at a press conference outside ICE ERO Miramar described a sharp increase in immigration arrests across South Florida (CBS Miami, Jul 29) — no arrest totals or locations were released.

Jul 28

TPS TERMINATED for Haiti and Syria — effective July 27, 2026

USCIS now says both designations are terminated, effective July 27, 2026, and both country pages are marked archived. The Miot v. Trump extension ended with the Supreme Court's mandate. Losing TPS is not a deportation order — what it does and does not mean.

Jul 21

Haiti told to expect about two deportation flights a week

Haitian officials say they were told to prepare for roughly two removal flights a week, around 250 people, and that the flights are carrying former TPS grantees. A 111-person flight landed in Cap-Haïtien on July 16 (Haitian Times, Jul 21).

Jul 10

BREAKING: new work-permit dates — Haiti July 24, Syria July 17

Today's E-Verify guidance sets new I-9 dates: July 24, 2026 for Haiti and July 17, 2026 for Syria TPS work permits. Court stays remain; dates can move again — confirm on USCIS/E-Verify.

Jul 9

Emergency fact check: what is true about July 10

Scared about tomorrow? What's TRUE (permits extended by court order), what's FALSE (no, everyone does not become deportable), and what to do today — read the fact check, verified against USCIS this evening.

Jul 9

USCIS: work permits extended by court order — no end date listed

USCIS now says Haiti and Syria TPS work permits are extended per court order (Miot v. Trump), with no end date. The July 10 placeholder no longer appears. This can change quickly — always confirm on USCIS.

Jul 9

New explainer: what the July 10 date really means

It's an I-9 paperwork date, not a deportation switch. Read what happens and what doesn't.

Jul 2

Status board re-verified against USCIS

Jul 10 work-permit date confirmed unchanged this morning.

Jul 1

USCIS extends work permits to July 10

The I-9/E-Verify date moved from July 1 → July 10, 2026.

Jul 1

Coalition files new lawsuit over work authorization

National TPS Alliance and partners challenge the new rules.

Jun 29

TPS Relief Act introduced in Congress

Would restore court review. None of the bills are law yet.

Jun 25

Supreme Court rules 6–3

Mullin v. Doe — terminations may proceed. No removals ordered.

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● Verified August 29, 2026 · 11:52 PM ET · facts last changed August 25, 2026 · sources linked below

Do I still have TPS?

No — Haiti, Syria, Somalia, Myanmar, S. Sudan, Yemen, and Ethiopia terminated

USCIS: El Salvador, Ukraine, and Sudan termination dates confirmed

Terminations in effect for Haiti, Syria, Yemen, Myanmar, S. Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia. El Salvador ends Sept 9; Ukraine and Sudan end Oct 19. Source: USCIS (08/18/26)

What this means for you →

Can I still work legally?

Not on a TPS work permit

Work permits for El Salvador, Ukraine, and Sudan set to expire

Permits for Haiti, Syria, Yemen, Myanmar, S. Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia have expired. El Salvador (Sept 9), Sudan, and Ukraine (Oct 19) are next. Source: E-Verify (08/18/26)

Your rights at work →

Have deportations started?

Removals have started — you still have rights

Deportation flights carrying former TPS holders have begun

Haitian officials were told to expect about two removal flights a week, and July flights carried people who had held TPS. Losing TPS is still not a deportation order by itself — removal requires a legal process in which you have rights. Source: Haitian Times (Jul 21) + reporting

Know your rights if ICE comes →

Have the raids started?

Check-ins and monitors yes — no raid confirmed

Ohio: hundreds ordered to report to ICE; many fitted with GPS ankle monitors

Hundreds of Haitian families around Springfield, OH have received DHS letters ordering them to report to ICE in Cincinnati; many leave wearing GPS ankle monitors with a ~75-mile travel limit and a return date in about a month (Haitian Times Aug 3; ABC; NBC4; 10TV; Washington Examiner Aug 5). Gov. DeWine says federal officials told him no raids on Springfield are planned; his office could not verify the letters’ legitimacy. Removal flights toward ~2/week continue (Haitian Times, Jul 21). No raid in Little Haiti or Springfield has been confirmed by any outlet.

✎ Editor-verified Aug 6, 2026 Ohio: what’s confirmed and what to do →

Check back — this board updates several times a day. Dates in this crisis have already changed three times. We show you the moment they change, with the official source. The enforcement card is marked editor-verified: a person checked those sources by hand, not the automatic checker.

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Venezuela Terminated (in effect) — many EADs valid to Oct 2, 2026 El Salvador Active through Sep 9, 2026 — prior TPS EAD dates preserved Honduras Terminated Sep 8, 2025 — back in effect after Feb 2026 stay Nicaragua Terminated Sep 8, 2025 — back in effect after Feb 2026 stay Ukraine Active through Oct 19, 2026 — new work permits valid to Oct 19 Haiti & Syria Terminated July 27, 2026 — work permits ended Ethiopia Terminated effective Aug 18, 2026 — A12/C19 work permits no longer valid Myanmar (Burma) Terminated effective Aug 7, 2026 — A12/C19 work permits no longer valid Somalia Terminated effective Aug 14, 2026 — A12/C19 work permits no longer valid South Sudan Terminated effective Aug 7, 2026 — A12/C19 work permits no longer valid Yemen Terminated effective Jul 20, 2026

Venezuela was also struck by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake on June 24, 2026, deepening an already dangerous crisis — see the verified facts.

Updated July 28

The court order that extended Haiti & Syria TPS work permits ran only through July 27, 2026 — that is the date USCIS told employers to enter on Form I-9 and in E-Verify. Losing work authorization is a real problem, but firing you over your nationality is still illegal. Work permit expired? Read this →

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