Court Blocks Trump's Haitian TPS Revocation

0:00On March 7th, a divided federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protected status for more than 300, 50,000 Haitians living in the United States. This two-to-one decision from the D.C. Circuit came late Friday, upholding a lower court order that stopped the Department of Homeland Security from revoking these protections. Temporary protected status is a humanitarian program that lets eligible people from dangerous countries stay and work here legally, shielding them from deportation. The administration won its applause to ruling while appealing, arguing it fits a pattern approved by the Supreme Court for other nations, but the majority of judges disagreed. Haitians first got this status after the 2010 earthquake, with renewals continuing through crises like gang violence and no functioning, government leaving those sent back at high risk. Now, their protections hold as the legal fight continues.