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Judge Reyes also concludes that Noem's decision was entirely pretextual, because she is just terminating every single TPS designation the moment it comes up for review, rather than doing any individualized review.
Feb 3, 2026 02:05Reyes then looks at the merits of Noem's termination decision, and concludes that is filled with either verifiably false information or complete nonsequitors unrelated to Haitian TPS; evidence of arbitrary and capricious and pretextual decision-making, not a real, serious review.
Finally, Judge Reyes gets to the Equal Protection claim and makes it clear; there is just no possible way you can look at Trump saying racist things against Haitians for years in a row, including specifically about Haitian TPS-Holders, and not draw a line from point A to point B.