Workforce News 2026Apr17

LeadingAge Southeast and Sinai Residences Urge Supreme Court to Preserve TPS for Haitian Caregivers

LeadingAge Southeast and Sinai Residences, a LeadingAge senior living provider member, filed a friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief in Donald Trump et al. v. Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot et al., asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the Administration’s efforts to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and other immigrants. TPS allows individuals to live and work in the United States when conditions in their home countries are unsafe. Prepared by Colombo & Hurd, the brief notes that many of the 330,000–350,000 Haitians who could lose legal status and work authorization hold vital health care roles supporting vulnerable older adults. It argues that ending TPS would worsen long-term care’s workforce shortage and disrupt continuity of care, especially in memory care, where trusted caregiver relationships help promote safety, stability, and dignity. The brief further states that ending TPS would do more than create an administrative inconvenience for providers: it would destabilize care in facilities already under strain and facing projected future deficits. Read the joint press release on the amicus brief from Sinai Residences, LeadingAge Southeast, and LeadingAge here.

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