The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated guidance late this afternoon, March 13, 2026, revising Form I-9 instructions for Haitian TPS beneficiaries. This update supersedes the February 14, 2026 notice and follows the federal court order in Miot et al. v. Trump, which stayed DHS’s planned termination
Continue Reading Another Friday, Another Fire Drill: USCIS Releases Late Day Update on Haiti TPSThis blog post was first published as an alert.
On February 6, 2026, the administration sought emergency relief from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s February 2 order (see here for our prior TPS employer impact update) and filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of
Continue Reading Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls: Haiti TPS Litigation and USCIS I-9 Guidance Signal Broader Employer Risk-and Unanswered QuestionsBy: Dawn M. Lurie, Alexander J. Madrak, and Selene Malench*
This blog post was first published as an alert.
A wave of last-minute litigation aimed at stopping Temporary Protected Status (TPS) terminations is driving rapid, high-impact updates on the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) TPS webpages.
Continue Reading Litigation-Driven Extensions: USCIS TPS Pages Updated, End Dates TBD
A federal District Judge in Washington, D.C. has issued a ruling affecting hundreds of thousands of Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and the employers who rely on them. On February 2, 2026, the court granted a stay blocking the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) attempt to terminate Haiti’s TPS
Continue Reading Late Minute Reprieve: Court Halts Haiti TPS TerminationOn January 28, 2026, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision addressing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) actions related to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti and Venezuela. As of now, the decision does not change current TPS or work authorization expiration dates – there are no
Continue Reading TPS for Haiti & Venezuela: Where Things Stand NowBy: Dawn Lurie and Alex Madrak
On June 20, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued updated guidance to E-Verify employers regarding the revocation of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for individuals who entered under the CHNV (Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela) Humanitarian Parole program. This guidance comes as the
Continue Reading CHNV Fallout: USCIS Issues Compliance Guidance for EmployersBy: Dawn Lurie, Alexander Madrak, and Owen Wolfe
In a 7–2 decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 30th (with Justices Jackson and Sotomayor dissenting), the Court granted the federal government’s request to stay the district court’s injunction that had blocked the termination of the
Continue Reading CHNV Parole Update: SCOTUS Grants Stay, Terminations May Proceed — But Implementation UnclearBy: Dawn M. Lurie and Greg Morano*
On March 1, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) announced that it would continue to preserve the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador. As we have previously written, to comply with the federal court order in Ramos et al. v. Nielsen et al, DHS’s Federal Register Notice (“Notice”) yet again protects the TPS designation for each country and provides automatic extensions to existing work authorization documents. TPS and related documentation for Nicaragua, Sudan, Haiti, and El Salvador are now automatically extended through January 2, 2020.Continue Reading TPS Update: Last Minute Automatic Extensions For El Salvador and Three Other Countries
By: Dawn M. Lurie and Greg Morano*
Seyfarth Synopsis: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rules concerning auto extensions of employment authorization and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) can be confusing, and it is important employers know how to update Forms I-9 for TPS beneficiaries. We have previously reported on USCIS terminating TPS for El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Haiti while initially deferring a decision for Honduras. Since then, the government terminated TPS for Nepal on 05/22/2018 and for Honduras on 06/05/2018. The decision affects approximately 9,000 Nepalese foreign nationals and approximately 57,000 Honduran foreign nationals.
What Happened?
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated TPS for Nepal and Honduras with delayed effective dates. For Honduras, TPS will terminate on January 5, 2020. For Nepal, TPS will terminate on June 24, 2019. This means that TPS recipients of the respective countries have until the above-mentioned dates to continue to live, and, if so authorized, work in the United States.Continue Reading TPS Terminations and the Form I-9
By: Dawn M. Lurie, Alexander Madrak and Greg Morano*
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued automatic extensions of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries from Nicaragua, Honduras, Haiti, and most recently, El Salvador. Employers should be prepared to recognize these automatically extended EADs and correctly handle the resulting influx of Form I-9 updates.
What’s the Latest on TPS?
While the government is back in business, the path to immigration reform seems as tumultuous as ever. The chances to reverse the termination of TPS are slim, and the impact is slowly beginning to sink in for TPS beneficiaries and employers alike. An Immigration Forum Fact Sheet on TPS notes: “Recent data estimate that TPS holders from El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti contribute a combined $4.5 billion in pre-tax wages or salary income annually to our nation’s gross domestic product.”
What Do Employers Need to Know?Continue Reading Auto Extension Influx: Automatic Extension of El Salvador TPS EADs