From the official announcement by USCIS ↗
According to an announcement from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on July 24, 2026, work permits (Employment Authorization Document - EAD) issued to Haitian nationals under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will continue to remain valid, despite the process to terminate TPS initiated by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last year. The decision that Haiti no longer meets TPS conditions was published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2025, with an initial termination date set for February 3, 2026.
One day before that deadline, the federal district court for the District of Columbia issued an order halting the TPS termination decision in the case Miot v. Trump. Previously, Chief Judge Ana Reyes had also issued an 83-page order preventing the deportation of Haitians with TPS, temporarily protecting approximately 350,000 people from the immediate loss of legal status. However, the current protective measure is only temporary, pending a final ruling from the Supreme Court in the case Mullin v. Doe — a case that has already overturned a lower court decision. USCIS confirmed that all EADs with original expiration dates from February 3, 2026 and earlier, including permits issued as far back as 2017, have been extended under this court order.
For the Haitian community in the United States, approximately 521,000 people have been granted TPS under this category, with nearly half residing in Florida. According to the Florida Immigrant Coalition as reported by CBS News, approximately 158,000 Haitians with TPS are living in Florida, with 113,000 working in the healthcare sector — a figure that illustrates the scale of impact if the protected status were to end entirely. Developments in Haiti are occurring in parallel with a similar case involving Venezuelans, where the Supreme Court temporarily stayed a lower court order protecting hundreds of thousands of people, demonstrating that the entire TPS framework — established in 1990 — is being challenged on multiple legal fronts simultaneously.
On the administrative side, USCIS instructs employers that when completing Form I-9, they must write "as per court order" in Part 1 and enter the date "July 27, 2026" in Part 2 with additional annotations; for the E-Verify system, the expiration date to be entered must also be July 27, 2026. This is the next extension following the Department of Homeland Security's renewal of work permits on July 10 for hundreds of thousands of people under Haiti TPS and five other countries' programs. Employers hiring TPS workers report difficulty tracking the continuously changing deadlines, while the legal status of these workers remains in limbo. According to statistics compiled by globalvoices.org, people with TPS nationwide contribute approximately $29 billion annually to the U.S. economy and pay $7.8 billion in taxes.
See the official USCIS announcement at the source link below.
The extension measure is only temporary, pending a final ruling from the Supreme Court.
Analysis
The successive extensions show that Haiti TPS is being pulled back and forth between the executive and judicial branches for nearly a year, rather than representing a stable policy. The Trump administration tried to terminate Haiti TPS back in 2018 and failed; this time the Department of Homeland Security is again facing allegations from lower courts that the decision is "hostile to non-white immigrants." Representative Marie Woodson, of Haitian descent, has called on Congress to pass long-term protective legislation rather than leaving legal status dependent on individual temporary court orders. When the Supreme Court issues its final ruling in Mullin v. Doe, there is a strong possibility that the protected status will continue to be delayed or ultimately terminated — employers need to prepare for both scenarios.
Diaspora Impact
Haitians are the group directly affected, not the Vietnamese-origin community. However, small business owners, particularly in the nail salon, restaurant, and healthcare sectors in areas with significant Haitian workers, should review the I-9 records of employees with Haiti TPS and update them to the correct date of July 27, 2026 according to USCIS guidance to avoid violating labor laws. Users of the E-Verify system need to enter this same date. This does not affect the majority of Vietnamese-origin readers, so readers of Vietnamese descent do not need to take action at this time unless related through work or mixed-heritage family connections. For details, see the official USCIS page directly, not through intermediary services.