Mullin tells TPS migrants to stay legally or leave the US
Mullin told TPS holders to seek permanent status or leave, even as USCIS pages offered conflicting $1,000 and $2,600 exit bonuses.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told immigrants living in the United States under temporary protected status to secure a more permanent legal footing or leave after the Supreme Court cleared the Trump administration to end TPS protections for Haitian and Syrian nationals. Mullin cast the program as temporary and said people who qualify should file the paperwork for a longer-term status, with the government helping those who do not depart.
Temporary Protected Status covers eligible nationals of designated countries who are already in the United States when conditions temporarily prevent safe return or when a country cannot adequately receive returnees. Haiti’s designation had been slated to terminate on Feb. 3, 2026, after a Nov. 28, 2025 notice saying Haiti no longer met the conditions for TPS, while Syria’s designation had been slated to end on Nov. 21, 2025, after a Sept. 22, 2025 notice. The Supreme Court ruling affects hundreds of thousands of Haitians and thousands of Syrians.
About 350,000 Haitian nationals with TPS live in the United States, many of them long settled, with jobs, children and businesses that cannot be unraveled quickly. The State Department keeps Haiti at Level 4, Do Not Travel, the country has been under a national state of emergency since March 2024, and non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families were ordered to leave on July 27, 2023.
Major U.S. commercial airliners suspended flights after three U.S. aircraft were fired upon in November 2024, and the Federal Aviation Administration barred U.S. carriers from flying to Haiti. The CBP Home app includes a complimentary plane ticket and a cash exit bonus, but the amount is $1,000 on one official page and $2,600 on another.
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