Federal judge clears path to end Haiti TPS protection

A federal judge has formally cleared the way for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, removing the final legal barrier to terminating a humanitarian program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of people from deportation for years. The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on August 5, 2026, acknowledges that her previous injunction blocking the termination is no longer in effect following a pivotal Supreme Court ruling in late June.

The decision directly affects an estimated 330,000 to 350,000 Haitian nationals who have been living and working legally in the United States under the TPS designation. With the stay lifted, those individuals no longer have protection from deportation or authorization to work based solely on Haiti’s TPS status, unless they qualify for another lawful immigration status.

The legal pathway to this outcome was set by the Supreme Court’s June 25 ruling in Mullin v. Doe. In a 6-3 decision, the Court held that federal law bars judicial review of most non-constitutional challenges to a Department of Homeland Security secretary’s decision to terminate a country’s TPS designation. The justices also found that an...