A Haitian-American legislator on Thursday welcomed a federal judge’s ruling in Brooklyn, New York, in favor of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants. Last Tuesday, Judge Brian M Cogan of Federal District Court in Brooklyn blocked US President Donald Trump from ending TPS for more than 520,

Judge Brian Cogan ruled that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “does not have statutory or inherent authority to partially vacate a country’s TPS designation.”

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration's early rollback of protections for Haitian immigrants in the U.S. The big picture: The move, for now, preserves the Biden administration's extension of Temporary Protect Status (TPS) for an estimated 520,