Appeals court pauses end of TPS for Haitians through Monday

Haitian Red Cross volunteer Antoine Macul, left, speaks with Napoleon Delfe, 6, at a First Aid Post in Pesionville in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 2010. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake had hit Haiti. On Wednesday, an appeals court paused the deportation of Haitians with Temporary Protected Status at least until Monday. Photo by Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross/UPI | License Photo July 23 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States for a few more days. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June said that President Donald Trump's administration could deny Temporary Protected Status to Haitian and Syrian immigrants. That will allow the administration to deport more than 300,000 Haitian immigrants. The TPS protections were set to end Friday. But a panel of judges from the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied the administration's request to stay a lower court that postponed the TPS status revocations until court challenges were complete. The appeals court blocked the move through July 27. "They have not shown that a stay of the district court's Feb. 2, 2026, order pending the Supreme Court's return of the case to this court is warranted, particularly given that the case will be returned to this court on July 27, 2026," the brief order stated. TPS for Haitians was first granted in 2010 after an earthquake devastated the country. The status has been extended as political violence in the country grew. The administration claims that the country is now safe for those on TPS to return home. But, Haiti is still at a level 4 travel advisory -- "do not travel" -- with the U.S. State Department warning of crime, kidnapping, terrorism and unrest. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's June 24 supplemental funding request at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Read More Presidential power, immigration rulings highlight Supreme Court's term Supreme Court's TPS ruling limits paths to legal recourse Supreme Court rules that DHS can end TPS for Haitian, Syrian refugees Chile probes possible trafficking of Haitian children