Haiti Immigration Faith Leaders
Bishop Dwayne Royster, executive director of the grassroots community organizing network, Faith in Action, addresses a crowd at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Springfield, Ohio, on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, during an event where dozens of faith leaders showed their support for Haitian migrants fearing the end of their Temporary Protected Status in the U.S.
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington on Monday granted a request to pause the termination of temporary protected status for Haitians. The TPS designation for Haitians was scheduled to end on Feb. 3. Without that protection, Haitian TPS holders could face deportation back to Haiti. Temporary Protected Status is a designation that can be granted by the Homeland Security secretary if conditions in home countries are deemed unsafe for return due to a natural disaster, political instability or other dangers. President Donald Trump has sought to end the protections for migrants from many countries.
