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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for many Haitians

Haiti Temporary Protected Status Ruling - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A federal judge in New York on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal status for more than 500,000 Haitians who are already in the United States.

District Court Judge Brian M. Cogan in New York ruled that moving up the expiration of the temporary protected status, or TPS, by at least five months for Haitians, some of whom have lived in the U.S. for more than a decade, is unlawful.

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