Feb. 2 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the United States, allowing at least half a million people from the island nation to remain in the country.

The deportation protection has allowed roughly 350,000 people from the island to live and work in the US.

The deportation protection has allowed roughly 350,000 people from the island to live and work in the US.

The TPS designation for people from the Caribbean island country was scheduled to expire Tuesday.

The ruling pauses the Trump administration’s plan to end a program that has allowed more than 350,000 people from Haiti to remain in the United States.

The ruling pauses the Trump administration’s plan to end a program that has allowed more than 330,000 people from Haiti to remain in the United States.

Trump administration's plan to end Haitian Temporary Protected Status halted by federal court. Judge Ana Reyes pauses Feb. 3 termination affecting 350,000 people.

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from revoking legal protections for more than 350,000 Haitians in the U.S., preventing their potential deportation to ‌a country that has been ravaged by gang violence. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., halted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's…