Haitians win pause on Trump’s plan to end their protected status

(Julianna Bragg – Axios) More than 500,000 Haitian refugees living under temporary residency in the U.S. can remain and continue working in the country, a federal judge ruled Monday evening. Why it matters: Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which provides short-term refuge to people fleeing crisis, was set to expire for Haitian immigrants Tuesday — despite ongoing violence and instability in the Caribbean island nation.

Judge halts Trump plan to end US protections for Haitian immigrants