{"id":2588504,"date":"2026-04-08T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judges-wont-let-trump-end-program-that-brought-haitian-man-accused-of-bludgeoning-clerk-to-us\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:03:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:03:47","slug":"judges-wont-let-trump-end-program-that-brought-haitian-man-accused-of-bludgeoning-clerk-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judges-wont-let-trump-end-program-that-brought-haitian-man-accused-of-bludgeoning-clerk-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Judges Won&#8217;t Let Trump End Program That Brought Haitian Man Accused Of Bludgeoning Clerk To US &#8211; The Federalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudges-wont-let-trump-end-program-that-brought-haitian-man-accused-of-bludgeoning-clerk-to-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2588504&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Overview: The Federalist report covers a February ruling by U.S. District judge Ana Reyes, a Biden appointee, that the Trump governance could not terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, arguing that Washington\u2019s tradition of protection supports the program. It contrasts this with a separate case highlighted by Fox News\u2019 bill Melugin, which reports that a Haitian migrant who had TPS committed a brutal murder in Florida. The suspect is identified as Rolbert Joachim, who was released at the southern border in 2022, granted TPS by the Biden administration (TPS expired in 2024), and allegedly shielded from deportation by TPS despite an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-immigrants-in-two-cases\/\" title=\"... sides with im...s in recent pair of rulings\">immigration judge\u2019<\/a>s 2022 deportation order. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crisis-as-bad-as-2008-democrats-spotlight-consequences-of-a-us-default\/\" title=\"Crisis as Bad as 2008: Democrats Spotlight Consequences of a US Default\">article emphasizes<\/a> that the TPS debate remains contentious and headed to the Supreme Court, which will hear arguments on ending TPS and decide whether to pause lower-court rulings like Reyes\u2019s; the Court has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previously stayed similar injunctions<\/a> for Venezuelans. Written by brianna Lyman, the piece links to broader topics such as the Biden administration, Donald Trump, illegal immigration, and the Temporary Protected Status program.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2041602592225292575?s=20\">Eric Daugherty\/ X <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/08\/judges-wont-let-trump-end-program-that-brought-haitian-man-accused-of-bludgeoning-clerk-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Judges%20Won%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Trump%20End%20Program%20That%20Brought%20Haitian%20Man%20Accused%20Of%20Bludgeoning%20Clerk%20To%20US&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/08\/judges-wont-let-trump-end-program-that-brought-haitian-man-accused-of-bludgeoning-clerk-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Judges%20Won%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Trump%20End%20Program%20That%20Brought%20Haitian%20Man%20Accused%20Of%20Bludgeoning%20Clerk%20To%20US&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/08\/judges-wont-let-trump-end-program-that-brought-haitian-man-accused-of-bludgeoning-clerk-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/08\/judges-wont-let-trump-end-program-that-brought-haitian-man-accused-of-bludgeoning-clerk-to-us\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Judges%20Won%E2%80%99t%20Let%20Trump%20End%20Program%20That%20Brought%20Haitian%20Man%20Accused%20Of%20Bludgeoning%20Clerk%20To%20US&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/08\/judges-wont-let-trump-end-program-that-brought-haitian-man-accused-of-bludgeoning-clerk-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>A Biden-appointed judge ruled in February that the Trump administration could not end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, arguing George Washington would have wanted the program. <\/p>\n<p>But on Tuesday, Fox News&rsquo; Bill Melugin <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/2041599762844062049?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> the suspect in a brutal killing is a migrant from Haiti who was granted TPS by Biden in 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-746133861\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Video footage from April 3 appears to show Haitian national Rolbert Joachim approaching an unsuspecting gas station clerk in Florida. He walks up to the woman and violently bludgeons her to death with a hammer within two minutes. As Melugin reported, her head was &ldquo;crushed.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Joachim is an illegal alien from Haiti who was caught and released at the southern border in 2022, Melugin reported. An immigration judge then ordered Joachim deported later that year, but the Department of Homeland Security told Melugin that the Biden administration &ldquo;shielded him from deportation by granting him Temporary Protected Status, which expired in 2024.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Joachim&rsquo;s protected status lapsed prior to the alleged attack, the brutal killing highlights the broader category of migrants who have received TPS protections &mdash; protections that a Biden-appointed judge sought to preserve.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/03\/10\/year-into-trump-2-0-judicial-insurrectionists-reign-supreme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued a ruling<\/a> in February blocking the Trump administration from revoking TPS for more than 350,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/judge-blocks-trump-haiti-tps-termination-11455548?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1770080717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Haitian<\/a> nationals living in the country. <\/p>\n<p>In justifying her usurpation of executive authority, Reyes claimed Washington himself would have been a proponent of TPS. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: &lsquo;America is open to receive not only the Opulent &amp; respected Stranger, but the oppressed &amp; persecuted of all Nations &amp; Religions.&rsquo; More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington&rsquo;s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status program,&rdquo; foreign-born Judge Ana Reyes wrote in her February opinion. <\/p>\n<p>The fight over TPS &mdash; and Reyes&rsquo; ruling &mdash; is headed to the high court. The Supreme Court is slated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-abortion-groups-assemble-file-lawsuit-over-unthinkable-texas-law-allowing-americans-to-sue-abortion-clinics-doctors\/\" title=\"Major Abortion Groups Assemble, File Lawsuit Over \u2018Unthinkable\u2019 Texas Law Allowing Americans To Sue Abortion Clinics, Doctors\">hear oral arguments<\/a> this month in a pair of cases centered on Trump&rsquo;s ending of TPS. The high court will decide whether to grant or deny applications to pause lower court rulings &mdash; like Reyes&rsquo; &mdash; until after arguments have been made. Notably, the high court previously issued two separate rulings staying lower court injunctions that prohibited Trump from ending TPS for some Venezuelans. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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