Federal Judge Acknowledges Supreme Court Ruling on Haiti TPS

On August 6, 2026, a federal judge confirmed that a previous court order preventing the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians is no longer in effect, following the Supreme Court's ruling in Mullin v. Doe. This ruling allows the Biden administration to proceed with ending TPS protections for an estimated 330,000 to 350,000 Haitians living in the United States. The Supreme Court's decision stated that the TPS statute prohibits judicial review of non-constitutional decisions regarding TPS terminations and indicated that the plaintiffs' equal protection challenge was unlikely to succeed. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) General Counsel James Percival clarified that TPS for Haiti effectively ended when the Supreme Court's mandate was issued on July 27, 2026. The ongoing litigation will focus on whether the administration's actions were influenced by unconstitutional racial animus. Haiti's TPS was initially granted after the 2010 earthquake and had been extended multiple times until the Biden administration expanded protections further. The State Department currently advises against travel to Haiti due to widespread violence and civil unrest.