Overview
- The Department of Homeland Security has ended TPS for Haitian and Syrian nationals, a policy change enabled by a recent Supreme Court ruling that limited lower-court review of DHS terminations.
- Federal judges have lifted or declined to renew some injunctions, and one judge in Boston allowed the end of South Sudan’s TPS to proceed, clearing the way for more terminations to be implemented.
- ICE has shifted enforcement tactics in some places, summoning former TPS holders to field offices, fitting ankle monitors and detaining people who miss appointments, while DHS officials have signaled targeting of those who lose status.
- Local leaders and advocates say roughly 330,000–350,000 Haitians are affected, many with long U.S. residency, U.S.-born children, and jobs in health care and service sectors that could face staffing gaps and family separations.
- Congressional bills to restore or extend protections have been introduced and mayors have urged action, but legislative relief faces uncertain prospects as narrower legal challenges continue in lower courts.