Nearly 30% of Haitians living in the U.S. on so-called temporary visas are homeowners — after years of extensions turned “temporary” into permanent.
That’s a higher homeownership rate than young Americans trying to break into the market.
The numbers expose what DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin has been saying all along: Temporary Protected Status became a backdoor amnesty program under Biden.
“Temporary Protected Status is TEMPORARY, not a defacto amnesty program.”
Almost 90% of Americans under age 40 say it’s harder for them to buy a home than it was for their parents, Pew Research Center reported June 24.
Meanwhile, around 28% of Haitian TPS holders were homeowners in 2023, according to the Center for Migration Studies — roughly 5% higher than the pre-Biden 2017 rate.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Mullin v. Doe on June 25 that the White House can cancel foreigners’ Temporary Protected Status, affecting over 330,000 TPS-designated Haitians reportedly living in the U.S.
Temporary Protected Status is TEMPORARY, not a defacto amnesty program.
Illegal aliens have two choices:
1. Accept a $2,600 stipend, and a flight home to self deport.
2. Face arrest and immediate deportation.https://t.co/BmZMzAoZW6pic.twitter.com/tA190ZIwO1
— Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) June 30, 2026
TPS was designed for nations experiencing temporary conditions — civil war, natural disasters — that prevent foreigners from returning home safely. It does not lawfully lead to permanent resident or immigration status.
The Obama administration initially granted Haitians TPS after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010.
Haiti’s TPS was extended multiple times until expiring under the first Trump administration in 2019. The Biden administration redesignated Haiti in 2021 and extended it through February 2026, citing COVID-19, political violence, and another earthquake.
The mass migration drove housing costs even higher for Americans already struggling. Each 1% increase in unauthorized immigration increased house prices by 2.2% from early 2021 through early 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported in March 2026.
By comparison, approximately 27.1% of Zoomers were homeowners in 2025, Redfin reported in January 2026.
After a federal judge — and later an appeals court — blocked the Trump administration’s late 2025 decision to end Haiti’s TPS in February 2026, DHS successfully appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mullin gave the TPS holders two choices: accept a $2,600 stipend and a flight home to self-deport, or face arrest and immediate deportation.
