The UN Security Council voted to extend the mandate of the international security force in Haiti by six months to continue fighting armed gangs that control much of the country. The force currently operates at just 30 percent of its intended staffing levels as violence continues.
A military plane transported 18 suspects in the July 2021 killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse from Haiti to the United States to face trial, marking the end of a drawn-out judicial process in Haiti for a killing that shocked the nation.
Human Rights Watch released a report revealing the United States has deported more than 25,000 migrants to 35 third countries with which they have no ties since Trump returned to office in 2025. The report provides rare insight into the hardships faced by deportees, particularly those sent to gang-ravaged Haiti.
About 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants face uncertainty as a deadline approaches for the Trump administration to decide whether to end their Temporary Protected Status, following similar terminations for hundreds of thousands from Venezuela, Haiti and other countries. Long-term residents who have spent decades in the US are preparing for possible deportation.
Multiple federal judges ruled this week that the Trump administration can terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of migrants from South Sudan, Myanmar, and Haiti, following a Supreme Court decision in June that limited judicial review of such determinations.
A federal judge officially allowed the Trump administration to terminate temporary deportation protections for approximately 350,000 Haitians, marking the final step in a months-long legal battle that reached the Supreme Court. The decision puts thousands at risk of job loss and deportation, though ICE agents have reportedly been told to delay arrests.
Republican Governor Mike DeWine of Ohio publicly opposed the Trump administration's plan to deport hundreds of thousands of Haitians following the end of Temporary Protected Status, calling it a 'big mistake' that could affect over 150,000 people in Florida alone.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration can turn back asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border before they reach U.S. soil and can strip Temporary Protected Status from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants, fundamentally reshaping U.S. immigration policy.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited Haiti on Tuesday amid a deepening humanitarian crisis caused by surging gang violence. New UN statistics reveal 2,300 people have been killed and 100 kidnapped this year, with more than 1 in 10 Haitians—approximately 1.5 million people—displaced from their homes.
FIFA has ordered Haiti to redesign their World Cup jerseys just days before their tournament opener against Scotland, ruling that imagery depicting the 1803 Battle of Vertières violated regulations against political messaging on uniforms.
