The suit claims the Trump administration doesn’t have authority to “revoke an extension that has already been granted” to U.S.-based Haitians.

Lawyers for Civil Rights filed the suit Monday, seeking to protect legal status for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants who have fled their home countries.

It was President Donald Trump who first issued Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans in 2021 while in the last days of his first presidential term.

Lawyers allege that Trump cannot revoke an extension that has already been granted, and that his decision is being driven by racial and ethnic bias.

Many intend to stay in the U.S. But uncertainty from losing the status is putting pressure on business owners and straining relationships.

The Trump administration has rolled back an 18-month extension of legal immigration protections for over half-a-million Haitians temporarily residing in the United States, creating uncertainty and anxiety as their homeland continues to veer on the brink of a violent collapse led by armed gangs.

Three organizations filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the Trump administration’s attempt to put an early end to Temporary Protected Status for people from Haiti and Venezuela living in the U.S.

Immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration's decision to end temporary protections against deportation for thousands of Haitian and Venezuelan migrants living in the United States.

On Monday, Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) in Boston announced it had filed a federal lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s decision to phase out Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants.