Appeals Court Keeps Haitian TPS in Place Through July 27, Denying Trump Bid to End It

On July 22, 2026, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied the Trump administration's request to stay a lower-court order, temporarily blocking the government from ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants before at least July 27. The protections had been set to expire July 24. The panel wrote that the administration had not shown a stay was warranted "particularly given that the case will be returned to this court on July 27, 2026." TPS for Haitians dates to a 2010 earthquake and covers more than 300,000 people.

The order is a brief procedural pause in a larger fight over the administration's authority to unwind humanitarian protections. A June 2026 Supreme Court ruling held that the administration could move to deny TPS to Haitian and Syrian immigrants, and the case is scheduled to return to the D.C. Circuit on July 27, when the appeals court could lift the district court's injunction. The dispute turns on how much discretion the executive has to end a status Congress designed for conditions of danger.

For now, TPS protections remain in effect through at least July 27. The State Department continues to list Haiti at its highest "do not travel" advisory, citing crime, kidnapping and unrest, even as the administration argues conditions have improved enough for return.