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What Next? Haiti TPS to end Feb. 3 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals living in the United States is scheduled to expire on Feb. 3, 2026, raising concerns for hundreds of thousands of people who have relied on the humanitarian immigration program for years. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in late 2025 that it would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation, concluding that Haiti no longer meets the qualifications for the programme and that allowing Haitian nationals to remain temporarily in the United States is “contrary to the national interest.” Under that decision, around 330,000–350,000 Haitian nationals currently holding TPS are expected to lose their legal status and work authorisation if they do not secure another lawful immigration status by the February deadline. continues on B3 – TPS Ends
Families of Trinidadian men file US lawsuit over fatal boat strike Families of two Trinidadian men killed in a U.S. missile strike in October 2025 have filed a lawsuit in a U.S. federal court, seeking accountability and compensation for their deaths. The suit, filed in Massachusetts, relates to an October 14 strike on a small boat in the Caribbean that killed Chad Joseph, 26, and Rishi Samaroo, 41, along with four other individuals. The men were traveling by boat from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago when
sister on October 12, he said he was returning home to Trinidad to help care for his ill mother. That was the last time his family heard from him. The plaintiffs in the case are Mr. Joseph’s mother, Lenore Burnley, and Mr. Samaroo’s sister, Sallycar Korasingh, who are bringing the claim on behalf of surviving family members. The lawsuit names the U.S. government as the defendant and seeks redress under the Death on the High Seas Act, which allows wrongful death claims for incidents occurring in international waters, and the Alien Tort Statute, which permits noncitizens to pursue claims in U.S. courts for
the incident occurred. According to court filings, Mr. Joseph lived in Las Cuevas, Trinidad, with his wife and three children and frequently traveled to Venezuela for fishing and farm work to support his family. Two days before the strike, he contacted his wife to say he had secured transport home and expected to arrive shortly. After reports of a boat strike surfaced on social media, relatives attempted to reach him but received no response. Mr. Samaroo had also been working in Venezuela in the weeks prior to his death, assisting on a farm caring for livestock and producing cheese. In a phone call with his
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