The decision comes despite Haiti's ongoing designation as a Level 4: Do Not Travel country by the State Department

The Trump administration is using Haiti's "widespread" gang violence, along with the State Department's recent decision to designate several of the country's most powerful armed groups as "foreign terrorists,

According to a DHS release, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “determined that conditions in Haiti no longer meet the TPS statutory requirements,” after concluding that conditions in the country have improved sufficiently for Haitians in the U.S. to return. The DHS plans to terminate the designation effective on Sept. 2.