Overview
- U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes is expected to decide before Feb. 3 whether the administration lawfully ended Haiti’s TPS and whether protections continue as plaintiffs warn of grave dangers if forced to return.
- If TPS expires, more than 300,000 Haitians would lose legal status and work authorization, including about 15,000 in Springfield and roughly 30,000 across Central Ohio.
- Haiti’s TPS was preserved until Feb. 3 by a New York federal court order, and similar cases show any new injunction could be brief if higher courts intervene.
- A 9th Circuit panel this week questioned DHS authority in a related TPS dispute, though the Supreme Court previously allowed terminations to proceed during litigation.
- Springfield officials urged identifiable conduct by federal agents and the state readied plans, while churches and nonprofits organized child-care hubs and rapid-response networks following deadly enforcement incidents in Minneapolis.