Overview
- U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes on Feb. 2 issued a stay under 5 U.S.C. § 705 blocking DHS’s Feb. 3 termination of Haiti’s TPS, keeping deportation protections and work authorization in place for current holders and pending applicants.
- USCIS has updated guidance confirming automatic extensions of specified Haitian TPS employment authorization documents and advising employers on I‑9 reverification practices.
- In its appeal, the government says the judge intruded on DHS’s statutory authority and foreign‑affairs judgments, while lawyers for Haitian plaintiffs sought a week to respond.
- Reyes found the plaintiffs likely to succeed, citing evidence of hostility toward nonwhite immigrants in the decision to end TPS and faulting DHS’s record, and she rejected unsupported national‑security claims.
- If the appeals court grants a stay, deportations could resume as soon as Monday, but until any change is ordered the district‑court stay continues to govern.