Court to Hear Challenge Against End of Haitian TPS

Over 500,000 Haitians could face deportation if the Trump administration’s rollback is upheld.

WASHINGTON — A federal court in New York is set to hear arguments this week in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s plan to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over half a million Haitians in the United States.

Filed in March, the case—Haitian Evangelical Clergy Association v. Trump—targets a reversal by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who canceled the Biden-era extension of Haiti’s TPS designation. Under Noem’s decision, protections allowing Haitians to live and work in the U.S. are set to expire on August 3, 2025, unless a court blocks the move.

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Who’s Affected

Roughly 521,000 Haitians currently hold TPS. Many are longtime residents with U.S.-born children, mortgages, and jobs in healthcare, construction, and transportation. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit include individual Haitian TPS holders, the labor union SEIU 32BJ, and a coalition of Haitian-American churches.

The Legal Argument

The suit alleges the administration violated immigration law by ending TPS without proper review of country conditions—something required by statute. Plaintiffs also argue that the move was politically motivated and tainted by anti-Haitian and racist rhetoric, citing past remarks by President Trump.