The Trump administration has once again moved to halt humanitarian protections for Haitians living in the US, this time announcing that their temporary protected status (TPS) will expire on 3 February. According to a new Department of Homeland Security notice issued on Wednesday, TPS for approximately 340,000 Haitian migrants will be terminated next year. In the notice, the DHS secretary, Kristi Noem, said that Haiti no longer faces “extraordinary and temporary conditions” that would prevent nationals from returning. That statement comes despite worsening instability from gang violence in Haiti and political turmoil that has forced more than a record 1.4 million people from their homes this year. Despite acknowledging that “certain conditions in Haiti remain concerning”, including mass displacement and gang violence, and that the country’s turmoil has “spillover effects … [that] threaten not only Haiti but the stability of the wider Caribbean and the western hemisphere”. The notice nonetheless argues that allowing Haitians to remain in the United States is “contrary to the US national interest”.