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Article snippet: The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday it would cancel a temporary residence program that's allowed nearly 59,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke gave Haitians living with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) until July 22, 2019 to either leave the country or apply for a different legal immigration category. Under TPS, citizens of designated countries that have undergone a major natural or man-made disaster are allowed to remain in the United States legally until conditions in their home nations recover. To qualify for TPS, foreign citizens must already be in the United States, legally or illegally, when the designation is made. Haiti was designated a TPS country after the earthquake in 2010 that devastated the already impoverished island nation. While Haiti is still the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, senior administration officials said Monday that Duke "determined that temporary conditions as result of the earthquake no longer exist and as pursuant to statute [TPS] must not be extended." Earlier this month, Duke canceled TPS benefits for nearly 5,000 Nicaraguans, giving them a year — until Jan. 9, 2019 — to make arrangements, but she extended a Honduran designation, which protects 86,000 people. The Washington Post reported shortly after that decision that White House chief of staff —Updated at 10:22 p.m. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 ... Link to the full article to read more