USAO-DC's Civil Division Earns Supreme Court Victory in Miot v. Trump

WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Ferris Pirro, commended Assistant U.S. Attorneys from the U.S. Attorney's Office Civil Division for their work litigating Miot v. Trump on behalf of the U.S. Government, which permitted the termination of Haiti's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation.

"The well-founded and persuasive arguments developed by attorneys in my office were affirmed by the highest court in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court," said U.S. Attorney Pirro. "This decisive ruling, along with the Solicitor General's persuasive advocacy echoing our reasoning and the subsequent acknowledgment that the stay is no longer in effect, underscores the caliber of attorneys in this office, who work every day to keep Americans safe while representing the United States."

In Miot v. Trump, Haitian nationals brought a civil action challenging the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) decision to end TPS designation for Haiti. Attorneys from the Civil Division briefed and argued the case on an expedited schedule, maintaining that federal law prohibits judicial review of DHS's determinations to terminate TPS and that the government had provided legitimate, race-neutral rationales for its decision.

During the course of litigation, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes rejected the Government's arguments and temporarily stayed the termination decision. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the stay on March 6, 2026.

Despite the stays being upheld, the case was fast-tracked to the Supreme Court and in a 6-3 decision issued June 25, 2026, the Court reversed the lower court's decision. Writing for the majority, Justice Alito adopted the Government's statutory interpretation and reasoning, concluding that DHS's TPS determinations fall outside the scope of judicial review and that the administrative record supported race-neutral justifications for the policy change. The Government's decision to terminate TPS for Haiti was allowed to take effect. On August 5, Judge Reyes entered an order acknowledging the stay was no longer in effect.