- The Department of Homeland Security officially ended Haiti TPS on July twenty-seventh, twenty twenty-six.
- A final extension following Supreme Court and circuit rulings delayed the termination by six months.
- Over three hundred thousand nationals must secure alternative immigration status to remain and work lawfully.
DHS ended Haiti TPS on July 27, 2026, after a federal court stay and a short D.C. Circuit extension delayed the original termination date by nearly six months. USCIS now lists the designation and related employment authorization as expired.
The termination originally took effect February 3. Judge Ana C. Reyes had blocked it one day earlier in Miot et al. v. Trump et al., No. 25-cv-02471-ACR, before later court orders kept protections in place.
The final extension ended July 27, 2026. Haitian nationals who relied on the designation now need another independent basis to remain lawfully in the United States or to work, such as a pending adjustment application, another visa category, asylum or another form of immigration protection.
Employers must also treat TPS-based work authorization as expired after July 27, unless the worker has a separate valid basis for employment. USCIS published its latest update on July 24, while the court-ordered protection still remained in force. USCIS said the protection ended with the court order.
The termination moved from February to July through successive court orders
DHS published the termination in the Federal Register on November 28, 2025. The notice set February 3, 2026, as the effective date.
Judge Reyes intervened on February 2. Her order in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia stayed the termination while the litigation continued.
The legal posture changed on June 25, when the Supreme Court decided Mullin v. Doe, 609 U.S. ____ (2026). The decision allowed the government to proceed with ending TPS and sharply limited judicial review of challenges to TPS terminations.
The next steps came quickly. USCIS and E-Verify guidance on July 1 continued related work authorization under the court order, using a short-term framework for Form I-9 and E-Verify purposes. Guidance then used July 10 as an interim continuation date.
The D.C. Circuit temporarily blocked immediate termination on July 22. Its order kept the protections in place through July 27.
USCIS posted another update July 24. It said the benefits had originally been set to end February 3, but remained extended while the lower court aligned the case with the Supreme Court’s Mullin ruling.
That extension ran out July 27.
The Supreme Court ruling cleared the main barrier to implementation
The February stay preserved TPS while the case proceeded. The Supreme Court’s later decision removed the principal barrier to DHS implementing its termination decision.
The D.C. Circuit did not create a new long-term designation. Instead, it issued a short procedural extension through July 27 while the case moved toward the next stage.
The cited case remains Miot et al. v. Trump et al., No. 25-cv-02471-ACR (D.D.C.). The court orders controlled the timing of the termination, but the final extension had a fixed endpoint.
DHS defended the policy in broader terms. The department said TPS had become “a de facto amnesty program” and that the administration was “restoring integrity to the immigration framework.”
Status and employment authorization ended together
USCIS said beneficiaries kept status and work authorization only until the court order expired. It directed people to monitor the Haiti TPS webpage for updates.
The final extension ended both the TPS-based status and the validity of employment authorization documents tied to that protection. A document connected only to the designation does not provide continuing work authorization after July 27.
Employers must review whether a worker has another valid basis to work. The end of TPS does not itself establish that every affected person must leave immediately, because some individuals may have another pending application, visa classification or protection claim.
The available immigration options vary by person. A pending adjustment application, asylum case, another visa category or other immigration protection may provide a separate basis to remain, but eligibility depends on the facts and procedural posture of the individual case.
More than 300,000 people were described as affected
The termination affects a large Haitian population. Coverage of the policy described more than 300,000 Haitian nationals as affected, with some accounts citing roughly 350,000.
Those figures describe the reported scale of the termination, not a new government count in the material. The immediate legal change is narrower: the court-ordered continuation ended, and TPS-based authorization no longer continues under that extension.
The timeline also leaves employers and workers with different tasks. Workers must determine whether another immigration basis applies. Employers must verify whether the worker now relies on a different employment authorization document or status.
The court’s July 27 endpoint is the date that governs the latest extension. USCIS had not announced another extension by July 28, 2026.
This article provides general information and is not legal advice. Consult a qualified immigration attorney about your specific case.
