Federal Judge Acknowledges Supreme Court Ruling on Haiti TPS

On August 5, 2026, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes stated that her previous order preventing the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians is no longer in effect following a Supreme Court ruling in Mullin v. Doe. This ruling allows the Biden administration to proceed with ending TPS for approximately 330,000 to 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. The Supreme Court determined that the TPS statute prohibits judicial review of the administration's decisions to terminate TPS designations, and the plaintiffs' equal protection challenge was unlikely to succeed. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) General Counsel James Percival clarified that Haiti's TPS designation effectively ended with the Supreme Court's mandate issued on July 27, 2026. The ongoing litigation will focus on whether the administration's actions were influenced by unconstitutional racial animus. Haiti first received TPS in 2010 after a devastating earthquake, but the designation has been extended multiple times. The Biden administration later expanded protections for Haitians, which led to the legal challenges culminating in the Supreme Court's decision.