This judge is overreaching and undermining executive authority over immigration policy. TPS was designed as temporary relief following the 2010 earthquake, not as a permanent immigration pathway. The program has become a de facto asylum system that disrespects legal immigration processes and the rule of law.
Ending TPS prematurely violates due process and ignores the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, where gangs control 85% of the capital. Haitian immigrants have built lives, enrolled in schools, and started medical treatment in the United States based on government promises that protections would last until 2026.
There's a 17% chance that at least twice as many deportations by U.S. ICE will occur in fiscal year 2025 compared with fiscal year 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.