TPS Update (As of 12/15/2025)

The Trump Administration has acted to terminate TPS status for several countries. Of course, litigation has followed each notice of termination.  However, if the Trump Administration continues to follow the law, these terminations will be upheld because the Secretary of Homeland Security has vast discretion to terminate TPS status and courts do not have authority to review the exercise of that discretion. The following table provides the work authorization expiration dates and TPS status expiration dates. Notably, a person may lose work authorization but still have TPS status. The most recent changes are italicized.

@Court litigation has extended work authorization and TPS status for Syrians beyond November 21, 2025. The government intends to appeal the district court decision and is expected to prevail on appeal.

%As proof of continued employment authorization through February 13, 2026, Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries from Ethiopia can show their Employment Authorization Documents that have the notation A-12 or C-19 under Category and a "Card Expires" dates of June 12, 2024 or December 12, 2025.

*Employees from these countries may not have work authorization unless they have completed registration and application requirements by certain deadlines. Visit www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status for more information.

#A federal district court ruled that TPS status and work authorization for Haitians continues through February 3, 2026. The Trump administration has terminated TPS status and work authorization for Haitians after February 3, 2026.

! TPS beneficiaries who received TPS-related employment authorization documents (EADs), Forms I-797, Notices of Action, and Forms I-94 issued with October 2, 2026, expiration dates on or before February 5, 2025 will maintain work authorization and their documentation will remain valid until October 2, 2026. All other TPS Venezuela 2021 beneficiaries are no longer authorized to work and no longer have TPS status after November 7, 2025. 

^ TPS beneficiaries who received TPS-related employment authorization documents (EADs), Forms I-797, Notices of Action, and Forms I-94 issued with October 2, 2026, expiration dates on or before February 5, 2025 will maintain work authorization and their documentation will remain valid until October 2, 2026. All other TPS Venezuela 2023 beneficiaries are no longer authorized to work and no longer have TPS status.

This article is part of our January 2026 Newsletter. 

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