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US Issues Top Haiti Travel Warning, GOP Opposes TPS End

7/28/2026

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The U.S. State Department issued its highest-level travel warning for Haiti on July 10, urging Americans not to travel there.
Haiti has been under a state of national emergency since 2024 because of gang-linked criminality and violence.
About 26 gangs control 90% of Port-au-Prince, driving the displacement of nearly 1.5 million people, over half women and girls.
Some Republican lawmakers oppose U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status.

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The U.S. State Department issued its highest-level travel warning for Haiti on July 10, urging Americans not to travel there.
Haiti has been under a state of national emergency since 2024 because of gang-linked criminality and violence.
About 26 gangs control 90% of Port-au-Prince, driving the displacement of nearly 1.5 million people, over half women and girls.
Some Republican lawmakers oppose U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status.