DHS ‘vehemently disagrees’ with judge’s Haiti TPS decision, hasn’t decided next step

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that her agency is consulting with the Justice Department on how to proceed after a federal judge halted the administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the U.S.

The designation, which allows more than 300,000 Haitians to legally live and work in the United States because conditions in Haiti make a safe return impossible, was set to terminate at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. But in an 83-page ruling issued Monday, District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes in Washington. D.C.., blocked the termination, accusing Noem of failing to follow the law and showing racial animus toward Haitians.