U.S. President Donald Trump deported 37,660 people during his first month in office, previously unpublished U.S. Department of Homeland Security data show, far less than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns in the last full year of Joe Biden's administration.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to bar undocumented migrants from accessing public benefits, even though they’re already denied most federally funded programs—his latest move to tamp down on illegal immigration, though it wasn’t immediately clear which initiatives would be impacted.

The US government will end the temporary protected status (TPS) for 500,000 Haitians living in the country in August, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday. This comes despite deteriorating conditions in the Caribbean country,

The decision is part of the Trump administration's effort to carry out mass deportations and to scale back Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Half a million Haitian refugees who sought shelter and stability in the United States will lose protection against deportation this summer.