Haiti is in a state of war. More than 8,100 murders were recorded between January and November 2025, while armed gangs continue to organize, strengthen themselves both militarily and economically and expand their territorial control. These groups control almost the entire metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince, including all main access routes, and ever-larger parts of the Centre and Artibonite departments. They have also established connections with transnational drug trafficking networks, which in turn has increased their power. Logically, the White House listed Haiti among the countries most strongly advised against for travelers. Nevertheless, this has not stopped the US administration from announcing – against a backdrop of racist statements – that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians living in the United States would end on February 3. Haitians had benefited from this renewable measure since the 2010 earthquake, which allowed nationals from countries in major crisis to remain in the US. The Department of Homeland Security declared that conditions in Haiti had improved enough to allow for a “[return] in safety”; that deporting Haitians …