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Court Rejects Trump’s Attempt to End TPS
The Haitian TPS court ruling keeps Temporary Protected Status in place for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants.
By  Ernesto Iván Vargas Martínez
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Court Rejects Trump’s Attempt to End TPS
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Posted on03/10/26 at 14:20

  • Court ruling blocks end of Haitian TPS
  • Haitians avoid mass deportation
  • Case could reach Supreme Court

A federal appeals court ruling rejected the attempt by the administration of Donald Trump to eliminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals.

The decision preserves immigration protection for about 350,000 citizens of Haiti living in the United States.

Court blocks attempt to eliminate Temporary Protected Status

The court argued that sending them back to their country could expose them to violence and extreme conditions.

Temporary Protected Status protects thousands of immigrants from deportation and allows them to remain legally in the United States while their home country faces severe crises.

The case could eventually escalate to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Why TPS for Haitians remains in effect

The ruling was adopted by a two-to-one vote in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The decision was published in official court documents on Saturday.

Judges stated that ending TPS would have serious consequences for beneficiaries.

The court wrote that “ending TPS would bring devastating consequences.”

Those consequences include the risk of detention and deportation from the United States.

The ruling also highlighted the potential for family separation.

The judges noted that Haitians sent back to their country would face dangerous conditions.

According to the decision, they would be vulnerable to violence amid the “collapse of the rule of law.”

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The court also mentioned limited access to medical care.

According to the ruling, that situation would make it difficult for many individuals to sustain their lives if they were forced to return.

Court upholds earlier federal ruling

The appeals court decision keeps in place a previous ruling by federal judge Ana Reyes.

The judge had already blocked the termination of TPS for Haiti.

The program had been scheduled to expire on February 3.

Reyes determined that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security lacked sufficient justification to end the program.

The judge stated that the agency “does not have the facts on its side.”

The Trump administration defended its decision to cancel the program.

Officials argued that the conditions that originally justified TPS no longer exist.

The government also pointed out that TPS was created after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and maintained that the program was never intended to function as a “de facto amnesty.”

The legal battle is not over

Although the appeals court rejected the attempt to terminate TPS, the legal process is still ongoing.

Activists and Democratic lawmakers warned that the judicial battle remains open.

Officials from the Department of Homeland Security have indicated that the case could ultimately reach the Supreme Court of the United States.

Immigrant advocates argue that conditions in Haiti remain extremely serious.

According to a report from United Nations published in January, the country is experiencing a severe crisis.

The report stated that nearly 6,000 killings were recorded in 2025.

Haiti currently does not have an elected president.

Gang violence has also intensified.

The crisis worsened following the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021.

For TPS beneficiaries, the ruling represents temporary protection.

However, the future of the program will depend on the next steps taken in the courts.