WHAT HAPPENED: The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to remove legal protections from thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants in the United States, meaning they could be subject to deportation. The decision, in Mullin v. Doe (Nos. 25-1083 and 25-1084), was decided June 25. The question before the Court was whether challengers to the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals from Syria and Haiti were entitled to orders postponing the terminations during litigation. The Court ruled they were not. The Court also rejected a claim that the decision to remove protections for Haitians was discriminatory. Last year, the Supreme Court in two separate decisions allowed the Trump administration to revoke the same kind of legal status from 600,000 Venezuelans in the U.S.
WHY IT MATTERS: TPS provides work authorization to nationals from designated countries experiencing conflict or humanitarian crises, and TPS holders are employed across a range of U.S. industries, including food and agriculture. The ruling follows the administration’s broader effort to wind down TPS across multiple nationalities — DHS has moved to terminate protections for nationals of Nepal, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Haiti, and other countries, affecting hundreds of thousands of workers.
WHAT’S NEXT: Attorneys representing TPS holders are analyzing the Court’s findings to decide on next steps. NCC will continue to monitor developments as the administration implements the ruling and as litigation on related TPS designations continues in the lower courts.
Source: The Supreme Court
