US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing a large-scale operation to locate and arrest Haitian nationals who are set to lose Temporary Protected Status (TPS), following a Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for the Trump administration to end the designation. The move would affect more than 300,000 Haitians who have been living and working legally in the United States under TPS, and marks a significant escalation in immigration enforcement targeting a group previously shielded from deportation due to conditions in Haiti.

TPS has historically granted temporary protection from removal to nationals of countries affected by conflict, natural disaster or other extraordinary conditions, and Haiti's designation had allowed hundreds of thousands to remain and work legally despite lacking permanent immigration status. The article notes that the Biden administration had previously moved to expand and extend TPS protections for millions of non-citizens, a policy the current administration is now reversing following the Supreme Court's decision permitting termination of the status.