To then compel hundreds of thousands of Haitians into such dire circumstances is an unconscionable abdication of our moral responsibility.” “It’s not that we don’t want to go back to Haiti,” said Harriett Cecilia Joseph, a former TPS holder. And immigration officials have started outfitting Haitians with ankle monitors to track their movements, making them easy to find and detain. “They now face an impossible choice: remain without status and risk arrest and deportation, or return to a Haiti marred by gang violence, kidnapping and the collapse of basic services,” said Vignarajah. Meanwhile, Haitians and their champions are calling on the US Senate to extend TPS legislatively, through a proposal that already passed the House of Representatives in April.