The Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced that it would terminate temporary protected status for Haiti, setting the groundwork for hundreds of thousands of Haitians to potentially be deported from the United States once the designation expires later this summer.

This decision restores integrity in our immigration system and ensures that Temporary Protective Status is actually temporary,” DHS said in its statement. The “environmental situation in Haiti has improved enough that it is safe for Haitian citizens to return home,