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Judges Block Trump’s Haitian TPS Revocation, Preserve $5.8 B Economy

7/24/2026

Summary

Judges Block Trump

U.S. judges temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and asylum work permits.
A D.C. Circuit panel denied a stay, keeping TPS for over 300,000 Haitian migrants until July 27, 2026.
U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton issued an emergency order on July 21, 2026 halting asylum fees and work-permit terminations until August 5, 2026, extending Haitian TPS work permits to November 2026 and Venezuelan permits renewed before Feb 5, 2025 through October 2026.

Summary

Haitian TPS Fuel

Haitian TPS holders in South Florida generate $5.8 billion annually and pay $1.5 billion in taxes.
About 90,500 Haitian TPS recipients live in South Florida, roughly half of the U.S. Haitian TPS population.
Relying on roughly 36,350 Haitian TPS workers, Florida’s health-care system faces a replacement challenge, with the Florida Health Care Association warning that filling the roles is “neither immediate nor easy” amid thousands of vacant long-term-care jobs.

History

Historical Context

In 1995 Congress enacted the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act, extending the Temporary Protected Status created by the 1990 Immigration Act to 30,000 Haitians displaced by the 1991 coup; President Bill Clinton signed it as Operation Uphold Democracy ended. Today federal judges preserve TPS for more than 300,000 Haitian workers, whose Florida jobs generate $5.8 billion annually.

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Judges Block Trump

U.S. judges temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and asylum work permits.
A D.C. Circuit panel denied a stay, keeping TPS for over 300,000 Haitian migrants until July 27, 2026.
U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton issued an emergency order on July 21, 2026 halting asylum fees and work-permit terminations until August 5, 2026, extending Haitian TPS work permits to November 2026 and Venezuelan permits renewed before Feb 5, 2025 through October 2026.

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