Supreme Court Clears the Way for More TPS Terminations

Temporary Protected Status lets nationals of designated countries live and work legally in the United States when conditions at home — armed conflict, disaster, or other extraordinary circumstances — make return unsafe. Since 2025 the administration has moved to end most designations. On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in Mullin v. Doe, allowing terminations for Haiti and Syria to proceed.

By mid-2026, TPS had already ended for Afghanistan, Cameroon, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Yemen, affecting hundreds of thousands of people. Terminations for several other countries have been paused by court orders, but those pauses are far more vulnerable after this ruling. As of July 2026, only El Salvador, Lebanon, Sudan, and Ukraine still had active designations — and El Salvador's was set to expire September 9, 2026.

If your TPS has ended or is ending, your work permit ends with it, and you may be without lawful status and subject to removal unless you have another basis to stay. Do not wait for a notice in the mail. Check your country's current status and your own expiration dates, and see an immigration attorney immediately about other options — many former TPS holders qualify for asylum, family petitions, U or T visas, VAWA, or cancellation of removal.

TPS dates change frequently and often on short notice, sometimes shifting by weeks as courts rule. Verify your country's designation at uscis.gov rather than relying on any summary, including this one.