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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on March 11, 2026, to let it move forward with ending Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status designation even as the case over that move continues. The filing is the government’s latest push to erase a protection that lets eligible Haitians live and work in the United States while federal courts decide whether the termination was lawful. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-1077/400498/20260310143544408_25-_ConditionalPetitionForAWritOfCertiorariBeforeJudgment.pdf))

In the petition, the administration tells the court that Haiti has been designated for TPS since 2010 and says the dispute centers on a termination notice issued by the Department of Homeland Security on Nov. 28, 2025, which purported to end the designation effective Feb. 3, 2026. The filing also says the district court granted interim relief to the challengers and that the D.C. Circuit denied the government’s request for a stay, leaving the termination blocked for now. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-1077/400498/20260310143544408_25-_ConditionalPetitionForAWritOfCertiorariBeforeJudgment.pdf))

USCIS’s Haiti TPS page says the designation remains in effect and explains that TPS is a temporary status tied to conditions in the designated country. The agency page also reflects the litigation-driven uncertainty around the program, which means the government cannot treat the termination as settled while the court fight continues. ([]())

The filing comes after the D.C. Circuit’s March 7 decision to keep the lower-court protection in place. That procedural loss did not decide the merits of the underlying lawsuit, but it did leave the administration without the immediate relief it wanted and pushed the fight to the Supreme Court. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-1077/400498/20260310143544408_25-_ConditionalPetitionForAWritOfCertiorariBeforeJudgment.pdf))

For now, the practical result is simple: Haiti TPS stays alive unless and until the justices intervene or the lower-court litigation ends in the government’s favor. The petition does not change the status on its own, and the administration’s preferred termination date remains on hold. ([supremecourt.gov](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-1077/400498/20260310143544408_25-_ConditionalPetitionForAWritOfCertiorariBeforeJudgment.pdf))