(UNITED STATES) — DHS and USCIS on July 1, 2026 set a temporary expiration date of July 10, 2026 for work permits held by Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries from seven countries, after a Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the government to end those protections.

The agencies said the brief extension covers Employment Authorization Documents issued under TPS for Haiti, Syria, Burma, also known as Myanmar, Somalia, Yemen, Ethiopia and South Sudan. The date functions as a short-term bridge while lower courts take action consistent with the high court’s ruling.

“DHS and USCIS are briefly extending the validity of employment authorization documents (EADs) issued under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Haiti, Syria, Burma (Myanmar), Somalia, Yemen, Ethiopia, and South Sudan through July 10, 2026. This extension is intended as limited relief until the lower courts in ongoing TPS litigation take action that aligns with last week’s Supreme Court decision.”

— USCIS statement, July 1, 2026

The move followed the Supreme Court’s June 25, 2026 decision in Mullin v. Doe, consolidated with Trump v. Miot. In a 6-3 ruling, the court held that federal law, 8 U.S.C. § 1254a, bars courts from reviewing the DHS secretary’s decisions to designate or terminate TPS.

That ruling allowed the Trump administration to proceed with plans to terminate TPS designations for the affected countries. Until now, injunctions in lower courts had blocked those terminations.

Temporary Protected Status shields eligible nationals of designated countries from removal and allows them to work in the United States for a limited period. The new deadline means many of those workers now face the loss of employment authorization in less than 10 days unless another court action intervenes.

More than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians fall within the affected population, along with thousands of people from the other five countries. Many have lived in the United States for more than a decade and built families, jobs and businesses during years of litigation over the program.

Employer instructions

DHS also issued instructions for employers handling job eligibility records. For new or reverification entries, employers should record July 10, 2026 as the expiration date in Section 2 of Form I-9.

For existing employees, the department said employers should not create new E-Verify cases. Instead, they should update the additional information box with the new date and the notation “as per court order.”

“TPS and employment authorization are extended per court order. Please check the USCIS TPS webpage regularly for updates. The employment authorized through date will be the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) expiration date of ‘July 10, 2026.’”

— DHS guidance on SAVE and E-Verify

The instructions matter immediately for companies in sectors that employ large numbers of TPS holders. Business groups have warned of labor shortages in health care, hospitality and construction if large numbers of workers lose status and work authorization at once.

Employers now face a narrow compliance window. Human resources teams must update records quickly, avoid opening duplicate E-Verify cases for current workers, and prepare for the possibility that employment authorization could lapse after July 10, 2026 if courts lift the remaining injunctions without further delay.

The change also carries direct consequences for workers who have been using TPS-based EADs to keep jobs, renew licenses and remain on payroll. Once work authorization ends, those employees can lose legal access to jobs even if they have lived in the country for years.

Administration’s position

DHS linked the temporary extension to pending court action rather than a renewed policy judgment on TPS itself. The agency’s language described the relief as limited and tied it specifically to lower courts aligning their orders with the Supreme Court’s decision.

“Either try to fill out the paperwork and be here underneath a permanent status, or we’ll help you get back to your country. We’ll actually give you a plane ticket, plus roughly $2,100 to help you re-establish when you get there, but temporary protective status, according to the courts and in its name itself, is not permanent status.”

— Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, June 28, 2026

The administration has framed that offer as a voluntary return package for people who choose to leave the United States. Mullin’s comments put a dollar figure on it: a plane ticket and roughly $2,100.

Legal and practical implications

The court fight that produced Wednesday’s USCIS and DHS update centered on how much power Congress gave the executive branch over TPS designations. The Supreme Court’s answer sharply limited judicial review, closing off a route that had kept protections in place for years through litigation.

That legal shift reaches beyond immigration status documents. TPS holders often work in frontline and shortage occupations, and many employers have relied on the renewals and automatic extensions that accompanied the court battle. A hard stop on EAD validity can hit scheduling, staffing and payroll at the same time.

USCIS published country-specific updates for Haiti, Syria, Yemen, Burma, Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan on July 1, 2026. Those notices can be found on the agency’s TPS pages, including the Haiti update and the Yemen update.

The Supreme Court ruling itself came in Mullin v. Doe, No. 25-1083. DHS also posted a newsroom item on the administration’s next steps for TPS holders at its news page.

For immigration lawyers and job-search advisers, the immediate issue is whether affected workers have another basis to remain employed. Mullin’s own remarks pointed to that distinction, drawing a line between temporary protection and “permanent status.”

Some TPS holders may already have other filings or other forms of relief pending with USCIS, while others may not. The government’s update did not change the short deadline attached to TPS-based employment authorization for the seven countries.

Without further court action, the July deadline leaves a large group of long-term residents facing a rapid transition from authorized work to possible removal proceedings. The administration’s offer of a plane ticket and roughly $2,100 now sits beside that deadline as the clearest statement of what DHS expects people to do next.