Haitians and Syrians must self-deport in a matter of hours or face ICE, officials say

Published June 30, 2026 6:00am ET



Hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants in the United States, including those who crossed the border into Del Rio, Texas, in 2021, have been forced to self-deport within days, according to Trump administration officials.

The Department of Homeland Security’s Supreme Court victory on June 25 allowed the Trump administration not to extend temporary protected status for people from Haiti and Syria for another 18 months. Roughly 335,000 of the more than 1 million TPS recipients now must quickly leave the country or risk being arrested by federal immigration officers.

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