A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's bid to end temporary deportation protections and work permits for approximately 521,000 Haitian immigrants before the program's scheduled expiration date.

All the effort you’ve put in means nothing. You go back to zero,” said Sun-G, a Haitian barber in Springfield, Ohio, who is also on TPS and asked to be identified only by his nickname.

Bernard Georges, founder of New Bridges for Haitian Success, said ending temporary protected status will send Haitian migrants back to an island racked by gang violence.