Local advocates fear what will happen when temporary protected status for Haiti is terminated. The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it will terminate temporary protected status for Haiti effective Sept.

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.