The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on July 24, 2026, issued updated employment authorization guidance for Haitians with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that supersedes its July 10 alert and extends employment authorization for Haitian TPS holders to Monday, July 27.

This is the third short-term extension since the Supreme Court’s June 25 ruling in Mullin v. Doe terminating TPS protections for Haiti and Syria. USCIS is issuing it because the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has not yet lifted its injunction in Miot et al. v. Trump et al., No. 25-cv-02471-ACR.

The new guidance reads in part: When completing the Expiration Date (if any) fields on Form I-9, input “as per court order” in Section 1 and “July 27, 2026” in Section 2 along with a note in the additional information box. …When completing a case in E-Verify, enter the expiration date of “July 27, 2026” from the Form I-9.

Providers should continue to monitor I-9 Central and/or E-Verify for employer-specific guidance and confirm which source their HR and compliance teams are tracking. For full background on the Supreme Court’s June 25 decision and its implications for aging services providers, see Supreme Court Decision on TPS Protections: Impact on Aging Services Providers.

LeadingAge members have already sent a strong signal to Capitol Hill in support of a legislative extension on TPS in response to our action alert on this issue. Every additional message matters, especially to senators who have not yet signed on to Senate bill S. 4814. Introduced by Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) with 18 cosponsors, this bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to redesignate Haiti for TPS and extend protections through January 2029. Its House companion, H.R. 1689, has already passed with bipartisan support.

Take action now: urge your senators to cosponsor and vote for S. 4814—and ask your colleagues, board members, and residents and their families to do the same.