A Judge Ended the Last Court Order on August 5 — and Refused to Freeze the Case. What That Means for You.

On August 5, 2026, Judge Ana C. Reyes signed a two-page order in the Haiti TPS case. It says the court order that had held the termination back “is no longer in effect.” You are going to see this on the news tonight as “TPS officially over for 350,000 Haitians.” Before you make any decision because of that headline, read these two sentences.

First: nothing about your status changed today. Your situation on August 5 is exactly what it was on August 4. USCIS has said the Haiti designation is terminated, effective July 27, 2026, since that day, and we have re-checked it three times a day since. Today’s order made the paperwork match what was already true. It did not start anything new against you.

Second: the judge refused to shut the case down. In the same order, she denied the government’s request to stop discovery, and told both sides to propose a schedule for what comes next. The lawsuit is still alive. Anyone telling you tonight that “it’s over, there’s nothing left” has not read the order. We did — all two pages of it.

What the order actually says

We read the order itself, from the court’s own docket in Lesly Miot, et al. v. Trump, et al., No. 25-cv-02471 (ACR), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Here is the whole chain, in plain language:

1. The Supreme Court decided this on June 25, 2026. In Mullin v. Doe, the Court held that federal judges may not review most challenges to a TPS termination. Its judgment issued on July 27, 2026 — which is why that is the date USCIS uses.

2. The D.C. Circuit sent the case back on August 4, 2026. The appeals court granted the government’s motion to return the case to Judge Reyes for proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision. That is Dkt. 143 on the docket.

3. On August 5, Judge Reyes applied it. Her order states that the stay of the termination she had entered on February 2, 2026 — the order that kept TPS alive for nearly six months — “is no longer in effect.” She had no choice about that part. A district judge must follow the Supreme Court.

4. Then she made two choices of her own. She denied the government’s request for a stay of discovery in the underlying case. And, noting the plaintiffs do not intend to file an amended complaint, she ordered both sides to submit one unified proposed schedule for further proceedings.

What that fourth point means: the government asked the court to freeze the fact-gathering while the terminations went ahead. It lost. The plaintiffs’ remaining claim — that the termination was carried out with discriminatory intent, which is a constitutional claim the Supreme Court did not foreclose — moves forward, and the evidence-gathering that goes with it moves forward too.

What this does NOT mean

It does not mean you were just ordered deported. Losing TPS is not a removal order and never has been. Removal requires a legal process in which you have rights — a case, a notice, a hearing. Nothing in today’s order changed that. Your rights if ICE comes.

It does not mean your work permit changed today. A TPS-based work permit for Haiti ended on July 27, not today. If you are dealing with that, start here: what to do when your work permit expires. Your employer still may not treat you differently because of your nationality — DOJ worker hotline (IER): 1-800-255-7688.

It does not mean the case is over. Discovery continues by court order. A schedule for the next phase is being written this month.

And it does not mean the case will bring TPS back. Be honest with yourself about this: the Supreme Court closed most of the doors in June. The claim still standing is a hard one, it has no deadline yet, and no lawyer can promise you an outcome. Plan your life around the record as it stands today — not around a case that may take years.

The scam this headline will produce — starting tonight

Every big TPS headline is followed within days by people trying to take money from the community. Tonight’s headline creates two of them at once. Know both:

“The case is over. Sign this and go home voluntarily.” Someone — a notario, a “consultant,” even a stranger at church — will use today’s news to push you to sign departure paperwork or a self-deportation app registration. Signing the wrong document can give up your right to a hearing. Do not sign anything you do not understand, and never sign because someone says the courts are finished with you.

“Pay to be added to the new case.” The lawsuit continuing does not mean there is a list you can join, a filing fee you can pay, or an enrollment window. There is no fee that brings TPS back and no sign-up sheet. Anyone charging you to be added to Miot is stealing from you. Only a licensed attorney or a DOJ-accredited representative can advise you on your case: free and low-cost legal help, verified.

If someone tries either of these on you, tell your neighbors. A scam stopped in one family is a scam stopped on one block.

What to actually do this week

1. Do not change your life because of a headline. Do not quit a job, pull a child out of a program, or move house because a news anchor said “officially over.” Nothing about your case changed today.
2. If you got a letter telling you to report to ICE, talk to a lawyer before the date on it. Not after. What the letter is and what to do.
3. Make the family plan while you are calm. Who picks up the children, who holds the documents, who to call first. Prepare my family · free tools.
4. Put the rapid-response numbers in your phone now, before you need them:
   • RAISE / Florida Immigrant Coalition — 1-888-600-5762 (English, Kreyòl, Español, Português)
   • MigraWatch (United We Dream) — 1-844-363-1423
   • Haitian Bridge Alliance — 619-693-8708
   • COPAL, Minnesota — 612-255-3112
5. If someone in your family is detained, find them fast: how to find a detained person.
6. Check what is real before you forward it. Tonight’s real story is being mixed with old video and invented raid reports. Rumor check · what’s confirmed vs. rumor this week.

How we know this

We did not take this from a news summary. We pulled the order itself — Dkt. 144, filed August 5, 2026 — from the court’s public docket and read all two pages, along with the D.C. Circuit mandate behind it. Every quotation above is from that document, and it is linked in the sources below so you can read it yourself or hand it to your lawyer.

We also re-check the official USCIS, E-Verify and Federal Register sources three times a day. If a court order ever changes your status, this site will say so the same day, on the status board. It says what it says today because that is what the record says today.

This is general information, not legal advice. For your own case, confirm on uscis.gov and consult a licensed attorney or a DOJ-accredited representative.