Federal court blocks TPS terminations for Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Sudan

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in the Northern District of California issues a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing TPS terminations for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan. Judge Chen finds plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of their argument that the terminations were motivated by racial animus — citing reported statements by Trump about immigrants from "shithole countries." The injunction halts terminations affecting more than 300,000 people while the case proceeds. The decision establishes that courts can review TPS termination decisions for constitutional violations — a key precedent that Yemen TPS holders cite when challenging Noem's 2026 termination before Judge Dale Ho.