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Lower Courts Keep TPS Protections in Place as Administration Seeks to End Program

Temporary stays by district and appeals courts plus practical limits on deportations mean terminations are unlikely to produce rapid, large‑scale removals

Sabine French worries for her mother, who is 91 years old and might soon lose her caregiver when TPS for Haiti expires. "I cannot imagine finding someone else to replace her," she says. "It’s so much to deal with."
Sabine French and her mother, who is 91 years old, pose for a portrait at their home in Queens, New York, on July 22, 2026. Their Haitian caregiver might soon lose her work visa due to the revocation of TPS status.
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Solange French's home care aide makes sure the 91-year-old takes her medicine and helps with other vital daily tasks. "She does everything," daughter Sabine French says.

Overview

  • The U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling narrowed judicial review of TPS terminations and allowed the administration to move to end protections, but judges in multiple districts have issued administrative stays to preserve the status quo while plaintiffs try new constitutional claims.
  • A federal appeals court, which issued an order Wednesday, keeps Haitian TPS protections and work permits in place through July 27, and district judges have issued similar stays for Ethiopia and South Sudan as appeals proceed.
  • Enforcement obstacles make mass deportations slow and difficult because ICE would need to locate and process hundreds of thousands of people, commercial and deportation flights to Haiti are limited, and security in Port‑au‑Prince remains dangerous.
  • Local officials, employers and immigrant advocates warn loss of TPS would remove caregivers, health‑care workers and other essential staff from the labor force, and campaigns and petitions are pressing Congress and the administration for extensions or redesignations.
  • Political fights over TPS are intensifying as a Senate bid to extend protections stalled, a contested White House memo about possible past expansion circulated publicly, and courts, Congress and agencies now shape an uncertain path forward for roughly hundreds of thousands of affected people.