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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to End Haitian TPS, Fast-Track Broader Ruling

The administration seeks emergency relief from the injunction — plus certiorari before judgment to settle its authority over TPS terminations.

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FILE - Women walk down a street in the predominantly Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis on May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)
United States President Donald J Trump points to members of the United States Supreme Court during his State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the Capitol Building on Tuesday, February 24. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
Light from the rising sun hits the U.S. Supreme Court building at the start of the day in Washington, D.C. U.S., January 12, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Overview

  • The Justice Department filed an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to lift a Washington, D.C., district court order that blocked the termination of Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitians.
  • A divided D.C. Circuit panel on March 6 refused to pause the lower-court injunction, citing risks of violence, a collapsing rule of law, and limited access to life-sustaining medical care for deported Haitians.
  • U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes on Feb. 2 found the termination likely violated procedural requirements and was likely motivated in part by racial animus, and she barred DHS from ending Haiti’s designation.
  • Solicitor General D. John Sauer argues that TPS termination decisions are unreviewable under 8 U.S.C. §1254a(b)(5)(A) and urges the Court to resolve recurring disputes, noting prior emergency relief for Venezuela and a pending Syria request; the justices set a March 16 response deadline.
  • Haiti’s TPS began after the 2010 earthquake and was most recently extended through Feb. 3, 2026, with protections remaining in place during litigation, even as then–DHS Secretary Kristi Noem concluded last November that extraordinary and temporary conditions no longer existed.