https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/From January 2025 the Department of Homeland Security moved to end Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela, Haiti, Syria, Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal, Afghanistan, Cameroon and other countries, and lower courts blocked several of the terminations. The Supreme Court stayed the Venezuela rulings twice in 2025 and on June 25, 2026 ruled 6 to 3 in Mullin v. Doe that the TPS statute bars court review of non-constitutional challenges, after which the Haiti and Syria designations ended on July 27, 2026.enhttps://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e39tps-terminations-court-fight-c85d611560Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Court granted the petition in No. 26-48, vacated the Ninth Circuit's January judgment and remanded for further consideration in light of Mullin v. Doe. It did not itself rule on whether the Venezuela terminations were lawful.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e38tps-terminations-court-fight-9824011594Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Supreme Court issued its judgment on July 27. USCIS said the Haiti and Syria designations were terminated effective that day and that related work permits were no longer valid.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e37tps-terminations-court-fight-08a73f7cfbThu, 09 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Solicitor General petitioned in Mullin v. National TPS Alliance, No. 26-48, asking the Court to send the Ninth Circuit's Venezuela decision back for reconsideration in light of Mullin v. Doe.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e36tps-terminations-court-fight-27ba160db2Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000In an opinion by Justice Alito, the Court reversed and remanded. It held the statute bars review of non-constitutional claims and found the Haiti equal protection claim unlikely to succeed. Justices Gorsuch and Barrett joined all but Part III-A. Justice Kagan dissented, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e35tps-terminations-court-fight-d9ec7e3288Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Court heard 80 minutes of argument. The government asked whether the review bar in 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(5)(A) precludes the claims and, if not, whether they fail on the merits.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e34tps-terminations-court-fight-5ccdb8c5f0Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Court treated both stay applications as petitions for certiorari before judgment, granted them and consolidated Mullin v. Doe, No. 25-1083, with the Haiti case, No. 25-1084. It deferred action on the stays.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e33tps-terminations-court-fight-1d2ed232d6Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000After a divided DC Circuit panel declined on March 6 to stay Judge Reyes's order, the government filed application No. 25A999 with the Chief Justice, according to the Supreme Court docket and opinion.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e32tps-terminations-court-fight-9d853b97daThu, 05 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000President Trump announced on Truth Social that Senator Markwayne Mullin would replace Noem and that she would become a special envoy, AFP reported. AFP and Reuters described it as a firing. The Senate confirmed Mullin 54 to 45 on March 23, CBS News reported.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e31tps-terminations-court-fight-6451250773Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000DHS published the termination of Yemen's designation at 91 FR 10402, effective May 4, 2026, with about 2,810 beneficiaries and 425 pending applications.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e30tps-terminations-court-fight-96cd718c81Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed application No. 25A952 asking the Supreme Court to stay Judge Failla's order, according to the docket and SCOTUSblog.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e29tps-terminations-court-fight-58386bcbb0Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Second Circuit denied the government's request to stay Judge Failla's order, SCOTUSblog reported. The Supreme Court said the court found at least one strong claim about inadequate consultation with other agencies.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e28tps-terminations-court-fight-a4fc358052Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000A Ninth Circuit panel stayed Judge Thompson's December ruling pending appeal, AFP and Fox News reported. Fox News said the panel found the government likely to prevail on the arbitrary and capricious claim.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e27tps-terminations-court-fight-1ad5343d15Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000US District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington paused the Haiti termination a day before it was to take effect, the Associated Press reported. The Supreme Court later said she found an equal protection claim likely to succeed.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e26tps-terminations-court-fight-49edcf451fWed, 28 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000A Ninth Circuit panel held that the Secretary had no authority to vacate a prior TPS decision and that the review bar did not cover such claims. Rehearing was denied on March 11, 2026, according to the Supreme Court docket.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e25tps-terminations-court-fight-423c143a49Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000DHS published the termination of Somalia's designation at 91 FR 1547, effective March 17, 2026, with 1,082 approved beneficiaries.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e24tps-terminations-court-fight-2ec84927d4Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000Judge Thompson ruled the Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua terminations unlawful, finding they did not adequately consider country conditions, Reuters reported. Reuters put the number affected at about 89,000 and cited DHS estimates of about 72,000 Hondurans, 13,000 Nepalis and 4,000 Nicaraguans.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e23tps-terminations-court-fight-eb4319f19bMon, 15 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000DHS published the termination of Ethiopia's designation at 90 FR 58028, effective February 13, 2026, with 5,001 approved beneficiaries.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e22tps-terminations-court-fight-970f371413Fri, 28 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000DHS published a superseding Haiti termination at 90 FR 54733, effective February 3, 2026. It estimated about 352,959 Haitian TPS holders, about 18,068 of whom were also lawful permanent residents.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e21tps-terminations-court-fight-908f0c31aeWed, 19 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla in New York postponed the Syria termination indefinitely, according to SCOTUSblog and the Supreme Court's later opinion.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e20tps-terminations-court-fight-229111b001Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000DHS published the South Sudan termination at 90 FR 50484, effective January 5, 2026, with 232 approved beneficiaries. On November 25 it published the Burma termination at 90 FR 53378, effective January 26, 2026, with 3,969.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e19tps-terminations-court-fight-51e69ceb11Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000In No. 25A326 the Supreme Court stayed the September 5 judgment as to the Venezuela vacatur and termination. Justices Sotomayor and Kagan would deny the application and Justice Jackson dissented.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e18tps-terminations-court-fight-daaa923b5dMon, 22 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000DHS published the termination of Syria's designation at 90 FR 45398, effective November 21, 2025, and estimated 6,132 approved beneficiaries. Syria had been designated in 2012, according to the Supreme Court.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e17tps-terminations-court-fight-586834f634Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000DHS published the termination of the 2021 Venezuela designation at 90 FR 43225, effective November 7, 2025. It counted 268,156 approved beneficiaries and 106,673 pending applications.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e16tps-terminations-court-fight-f4ce00d8cdFri, 05 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000Judge Chen granted partial summary judgment and set aside the Venezuela vacatur and termination and the Haiti partial vacatur, according to the Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court docket.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e15tps-terminations-court-fight-aa897626aaFri, 29 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000The Ninth Circuit affirmed Judge Chen's March 31 postponement order, according to its later January 2026 opinion. The Supreme Court's May stay remained in effect.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e14tps-terminations-court-fight-4be3f06af1Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000A Ninth Circuit panel granted the government's motion to stay Judge Thompson's order pending appeal, allowing the Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua terminations to take effect, according to Courthouse News and BAL.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e13tps-terminations-court-fight-66aff0acc8Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000US District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco postponed the Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua terminations until November 18, 2025 while the case continued, according to Courthouse News and the law firm BAL.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e12tps-terminations-court-fight-e14e9d09a5Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000In CASA v. Noem, No. 25-1792, a Fourth Circuit panel denied an emergency motion to postpone the Afghanistan and Cameroon terminations. It said the claim was plausible but the evidence did not yet justify that remedy.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e11tps-terminations-court-fight-5d166ab2a1Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000DHS published terminations for Honduras (90 FR 30089) and Nicaragua (90 FR 30086), both effective September 8, 2025. It estimated about 72,000 Honduran and about 4,000 Nicaraguan TPS holders.https://howitunfolded.com/incidents/tps-terminations-court-fight/#e9tps-terminations-court-fight-9914074ab4Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000DHS published the termination of Haiti's designation at 90 FR 28760, effective September 2, 2025, and estimated that about 348,187 people held TPS under it.