US EditionAppeals court rules against Trump administration’s efforts to end protected status for Haitians
The court ruled DHS likely violated procedures and constitutional protections, allowing 350,000 Haitians to remain in the U.S. amid ongoing security and humanitarian crises in Haiti.
- On Friday, a 2-1 panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit refused to pause a February 2 district court order, preserving protections for more than 350,000 Haitians.
- Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, moved in November to end Haiti's TPS as Haitian plaintiffs filed a class-action suit, and U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocked the termination in February.
- The majority highlighted the lack of evidence of irreparable harm by the government, while Judges Florence Pan and Brad Garcia noted deported Haitians face violence amid a `collapsing rule of law`; Circuit Judge Justin Walker dissented, comparing the case to Venezuelan litigation.
- The administration is expected to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to allow termination to proceed as Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, testified on March 4, 2026, that conditions in Haiti do not prevent safe returns, though the program's future remains uncertain.
- Haiti's TPS program began after the 2010 earthquake and was most recently renewed in July 2024 due to economic, security, political, and health crises; plaintiffs face devastating risks including deportation and violence if protections end.
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Temporary Protected Status for Over 300,000 Haitians
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the Department of Homeland Security had unlawfully terminated the Temporary Protected Status designation for several hundred thousand Haitians living in the United States. In a 2–1 split decision issued on March 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied the Trump administration’s emergency request to suspend a lower court order that had blocked the termination of Haiti…
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Appeals court rules against Trump administration's efforts to end protected status for Haitians
A federal appeals court this week sided with a lower judge’s ruling against the Trump administration’s efforts to end temporary protected status for roughly 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S.
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Appeals court rules against Trump administration’s efforts to end protected status for Haitians
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court this week sided with a lower judge’s ruling against the Trump administration’s efforts to end temporary protected status for roughly 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., issued the 2-1 ruling on Friday. “The government’s failure to meet its burden of demonstrating irreparable harm alone justifies denying emergency relief that would upend the status quo and in…
Federal appeals court keeps TPS for Haitians in place
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that more than 350,000 Haitians living in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) can remain in the country and continue working legally, at least for now, according to a New York Times report. The decision handed down late Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upholds a lower court ruling that blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end the program for Haitians. The…
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