Trump administration cannot cut legal status and work permits for hundreds of thousands of high -liability migrants, a federal judge Government Late Tuesday night.
The ruling by Brooklyn -based US District Judge Brian Kugan, nominated by former President George W. Bush in 2006, prevents Homeland’s Security Secretary Christie NoM from following through follow One plan On September 3, the program was determined to end their position under the biden-era deadline a few months ago to cancel the temporary protected position of Haitians living in the US under the program.
Haiti has around 350,000 people currently enrolled In the TPS program, which allows migrants to live in the US if their home country is unsafe due to war or natural disaster. The federal government earlier gave Haiti a TPS designation in 2010, and the Biden administration extended it to high -liability migrants by February 2026.
Deads Announced on friday Instead this benefit will end in September, and unless migrants qualify for some other forms of legal status, they will lose their right to work and face exile.
In his judgment on Tuesday, Hogan biased with a group of hiratian migrants who sued the Caribbean nation at the end of the TPS. The judge wrote that NOEM “There is no legal or underlying right to partially vacate the country’s TPS designation.”
Hogan said that DHS secretary “Haiti’s TPS cannot reconsider the designation, which is effective before the end of the last extending the most recent previous extensions before 3 February, 2026.”
Hogan wrote in a 23-page judgment, “The plaintiff has enrolled in schools, taken jobs, and has started medical treatment courses in the United States, with at least 3 February, 2026, Haiti’s TPS dependence on the designation.”
The White House says the administration will appeal for the decision.
White House spokesman Abigail Jackson said in a statement, “District courts have no right to implement immigration laws or prevent discretionary temporary profit programs.” He said that the administration “believes that this illegal order would fulfill the same fate that similar prohibitions have received in the Supreme Court. And President Trump will fulfill his promises to end the exploitation of our immigration system.”
DHS argued last week that TPS aims to be temporary, and “environmental situation in Haiti has greatly improved that it is safe for high -lotion citizens to return home.” But advocate warn Haiti has consistently disappeared from gang violence and health problems.
The Trump administration has pushed TP to air for many other countries including Venezuela and many other countries. AfghanistanSupreme court Administration allowed For migrants of Venezuela, the decision in late May to terminate TPS, reversed a lower court’s verdict.
