DHS Ends TPS for Haiti and Myanmar by Early 2026
The Department of Homeland Security announced the ending of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for both Myanmar (also known as Burma) and Haiti.
Myanmar TPS officially ends January 26, 2026, and Haiti’s will end on February 3, 2026.
The DHS announcement regarding Haiti explains that after consulting with other U.S. government agencies, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem determined that Haiti no longer meets the statutory conditions for TPS.
DHS previously announced on July 1, 2025, that it was cancelling TPS for Haiti, effective September 2, 2025.
A federal district court ruling prevented DHS from ending Haiti’s TPS designation earlier than February 3, 2026, so the new notice resets the end date to that day.
“Because of interference by a federal district court judge, the designation of Haiti is set to expire on February 3, 2026,” the DHS said in its Federal Register submission.
The DHS announcement regarding Myanmar notes that Noem determined the situation was safe for residents to return. TPS was initially granted for the country in 2021 after a military coup that included violence against civilians.
In DHS messaging about the terminations and the broader “Project Homecoming” initiative, Haitian and Burmese nationals who will lose TPS and do not have another immigration status are encouraged to leave the U.S. voluntarily, including through the CBP Home mobile app.
CBP Home advertises cost-free travel and a $1,000 stipend for certain migrants who use the app to depart the U.S.
Earlier in 2025, DHS also moved to terminate TPS designations for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Nepal, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Syria, and South Sudan, continuing a broader rollback of TPS protections.
