Supreme Court TPS ruling could deepen Haiti’s worsening crisis, experts say

TOPSHOT - A man carries a child as residents flee a neighborhood after gang violence in the area the night before, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 20, 2026. Chad will deploy 1,500 soldiers to Haiti as part of the UN-backed security force to help quell ongoing gang violence, the country's president said Monday. The poorest country in the Americas, Haiti has for years been plagued by criminal gangs responsible for killings, rapes, looting and kidnappings. (Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP via Getty Images) CLARENS SIFFROY AFP via Getty Images

By Jacqueline Charles

More than half of the population struggles every day to find food. Nearly 1.5 million have been displaced by terrorizing gangs and hundreds have taken to the sea, just in the first six months of this year, only to be intercepted and forcibly returned to Haiti.

Conditions inside Haiti have deteriorated to such an extent that observers say the Supreme Court decision on Thursday allowing President Donald Trump to end deportation protections for more than 300,000 Haitians in the United States, along with 6,100 Syrians, risks worsening one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises.

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