A federal judge ruled the Trump administration could not cut short the protection for migrants from Haiti, which has been under a state of emergency since March 2024.

A federal judge in Brooklyn has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end temporary protected status for Haitian migrants ahead of schedule, ruling that the Department of Homeland Security violated the law in its rush to strip deportation protections and work permits from over half a million people.

DHS announced it was terminating their legal protections as soon as Sept. 2, setting more than 500,000 Haitians up for potential deportation.