Overview
- The stay halts the Feb. 3 termination and keeps roughly 350,000 Haitian TPS holders authorized to work and protected from detention and deportation.
- In an 83-page opinion, Judge Ana C. Reyes found the plaintiffs likely to prevail, pointing to evidence that Secretary Kristi Noem predetermined the outcome and skipped required interagency consultation.
- The court cited derogatory public statements by Noem and President Trump about Haitian immigrants as part of its analysis of potential bias.
- DHS argued the bias claims relied on quotes taken out of context and maintained that Noem offered reasonable explanations, while announcing plans to seek appellate and Supreme Court review.
- The TPS landscape remains fractured, as a Ninth Circuit panel deemed the Venezuelan revocation unlawful but a Supreme Court stay has left those beneficiaries in legal limbo.