US Domestic — 2026-07-11

DHS Tells Employers to Dismiss Hundreds of Thousands of TPS Workers as Permits Expire

BLUFDHS will likely extend at least one of the six TPS work authorizations past July 17, but its pattern of eleventh-hour reprieves is inflicting avoidable compliance damage on labor-dependent industries.

USCIS notified employers on Friday that work permits for Temporary Protected Status holders from Haiti will expire on July 24, and permits for Ethiopia, Myanmar, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen will expire on July 17 12. USCIS separately issued guidance stating Haiti TPS beneficiaries retain status and employment authorization under a district court order in Miot et al. v. Trump et al., with EADs bearing category A12 or C19 extended through July 24 pending litigation 3. The Washington Post reported DHS extended work permissions for TPS holders just hours before the permits were due to expire 4, a reprieve Newsweek reported came too late for some employers who had already begun layoffs 2. The National Restaurant Association this week asked DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin for a 90- to 120-day transition period and clearer compliance guidance 2.

Analysis
DHS or a federal court will likely extend work authorization for at least one of the six TPS designations set to expire July 17 beyond that date. High confidence follows from DHS's own last-minute reversal on Haiti days earlier, the court-ordered relief already extending Haiti's EADs pending the Miot litigation, and sustained employer lobbying that has already forced one reprieve this month. Employers in healthcare, food processing and hospitality face staggered compliance exposure, since the six designations lapse on a different date than Haiti's and require separate re-verification cycles. DHS has offered no forward guidance on how it will treat the remaining five designations once the Haiti litigation resolves, compounding employer uncertainty.

4 sources

U.S. Employers Told to Dismiss Thousands of Immigrants - politicalwire.com
US Companies to Lose Thousands of Migrant Workers Within Weeks - Newsweek
Update on Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti (Release: July 10, 2026) - USCIS
U.S. extends work permissions for immigrants with TPS hours before expiration - The Washington Post