The expiration comes after a Supreme Court ruling last month cleared the way for the Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Haiti and Syria. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement about the change, “Temporary Protected Status is exactly that – temporary. Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem determined that Haiti no longer met the conditions for its designation for TPS, USCIS said. TPS status was first established for the country in 2010, after a devastating earthquake . Still, Haitians who lost their TPS status Monday would be expected to leave the United States.