On Feb. 20, 2025, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem partially vacated a
July 1, 2024, decision by former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
to extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for
Haiti for 18 months.
Secretary Noem has limited the extension to 12 months, expiring
Aug. 3, 2025, instead of Feb. 3, 2026. Work authorization documents
based upon Haitian TPS are auto-extended to Aug. 3, 2025, rather
than Feb. 3, 2026.
If no decision is made to extend Haitian TPS beyond Aug. 3,
2025, the expiration will become final.
Two lawsuits were recently filed in response to Secretary
Noem's decision to terminate Venezuelan TPS. Similar legal
challenges may be made to the decision to terminate Haitian
TPS.