President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to move forward with terminating the temporary protected status designation for Haitian nationals while litigation challenging that decision continues in the lower courts.
On July 1, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice ending Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation effective Sept. 2, 2025. Hours later, U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan (Eastern District of New York) issued a nationwide injunction blocking DHS from enforcing that early termination, restoring the prior validity period through Feb.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem vacated a decision by the Biden administration to extend Haiti’s Temporary Protect Status (TPS) by 18 months. The vacatur states that Haiti’s TPS will end Aug. 3, 2025, unless extended.
TPS is a type of immigration status available to nationals of certain designated countries that allows aliens,
As confirmed by several news outlets and the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association, acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Andrew Davidson issued an internal memorandum Feb. 14, 2025, ordering an agency-wide “administrative pause” on all “pending benefit requests” filed by applicants paroled through a parole program, including those seeking Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for migrants
In its most recent update, U. S. Customs and Protection (CBP) offered a snapshot on the impact of the humanitarian parole program for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV). As a reminder, the Biden administration introduced the CHNV parole program in January 2023, aiming to provide a safe pathway for individuals
On May 17, 2023, USCIS updated the review procedure for the processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. The update is intended to maintain a meaningful and equitable opportunity for all beneficiaries of a Form I-134A, Online Request to be a Supporter and Declaration of Financial Support, to move forward through the process and
The Biden administration has announced the expansion of its Venezuela Parole program to three additional countries – Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua. On Jan. 5, 2023, the Department of Homeland Security announced an expansion of its new migration process for Venezuelan nationals. The expansion allows those nationals from Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua and their immediate family members
The Department of Homeland Security announced an 18-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras, and Nepal. Current beneficiaries will be eligible to re-register to remain in the United States with work authorization through June 30, 2024. See Notice of Continuation of Temporary Protected Status and related documentation for
On Sept. 14, 2020, the Ninth Circuit issued a long-anticipated decision, overturning a federal district court nationwide injunction halting Temporary Protecting Status (TPS) designations for individuals from Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador. See Crista Ramos, et al. v. Wolf, et al. The decision opens the door to removal of TPS holders from those countries,
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Nov. 1, 2019, the extension of the validity of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)-related documentation for beneficiaries under the TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan through Jan. 4, 2021. The announcement is based on a Federal Register notice that automatically extends the validity