Catholic Bishops, Rights Groups Warn TPS Termination Puts 330,000+ Haitians at Deportation Risk

With Haiti's Temporary Protected Status formally terminated August 5, 2026 following the Supreme Court's June 25 ruling, more than 330,000 Haitian TPS holders in the US now face potential deportation into a country under a Level 4 'do not travel' advisory. A Bloomberg report (Aug 12) documented fears that deportees would be seen by gangs as wealthy 'outside' targets, citing the February 2026 case of four Haitian women deported from Puerto Rico who were later kidnapped and found beheaded. On August 13, Catholic bishops — including Bishop Brendan J. Cahill and Cardinal Chibly Langlois of Haiti — met with US senators urging passage of a bipartisan TPS extension bill (passed by the House, not yet scheduled for a Senate vote) through 2029, with Cahill calling the termination 'a moral crisis.'