Temporary Protected Status for Haiti ended on Monday, July 27, 2026. No last-minute court order arrived to extend it again.
As a result, more than 300,000 Haitian nationals, along with roughly 6,000 Syrians whose TPS ended on the same timeline, have lost their work authorization and deportation protection.
This follows two earlier developments we covered. The D.C. Circuit's order that pushed the termination date from July 24 to July 27, and the deadline-day coverage when a further court ruling still seemed possible. That ruling never came.
A person whose status relied solely on Haiti’s TPS designation is as of July 28, no longer authorized to work in the United States. They are also eligible to be arrested and placed in removal proceedings.
Individuals without an existing final removal order are still entitled to appear before an immigration judge before removal can occur.
TPS holders who separately have other pending orders for another status, like an approved I-140 petition, a pending adjustment application, or a nonimmigrant classification like O-1A, still retains that status separate from the TPS end.
Employment authorization documents issued solely under the Haiti TPS designation are no longer valid for I-9 purposes that are past the expiration date USCIS previously instructed employers to record.
Employers should reverify affected employees' work authorization, or treat them as no longer authorized to work until they receive new authorization.
Or else a new filing or a different case reaches a different court, there is no pending mechanism to restore Haiti TPS.
Individuals and employers should treat the termination as final for planning purposes. They should recognize that immigration litigation in this area has moved quickly and unpredictably all year.
Workers relying on Haiti TPS who have not already explored a separate basis for status, such as employment-based self-petitions, should start immediately.
