Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the United States, allowing at least half a million people from the island nation to remain in the country.
Judge Ana Reyes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a temporary stay for more than 500,000 people from Haiti, who have fled their home country because of the ongoing dangerous instability there, The New York Times and the Guardian reported.
In her 83-page decision, Reyes called the Trump administration's justification for ending the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for people from Haiti is flawed, noting that it ignores that "TPS holders already live here, and legally so."
Congress created the TPS program in 1990 to provide protection for foreign nationals who are in the United States until their countries are safe to return to -- be it because of natural disasters, armed conflicts or other dangerous situations -- according to a 2025 report from the Congressional Research Service.
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