Overview
- Attorneys for Haitian and Syrian TPS holders asked the Supreme Court on June 17 to dismiss the government’s appeal, citing internal documents they say show a May 2025 draft recommending automatic extension was changed hours later after USCIS director Joseph Edlow ordered verbal edits.
- The lawyers say those records show the July 1, 2025 termination notice falsely claimed the DHS secretary had consulted the State Department, a legal step required before ending Temporary Protected Status.
- DHS responded by pointing to its June 2025 press release that announced the termination 'following consultation with the State Department,' and the government argues that the secretary’s discretionary decision should not be second‑guessed by courts.
- The case has fast-moving stakes: roughly 330,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians hold TPS and could lose work authorization, driver’s licenses, and protection from deportation if termination stands, with local economies such as Springfield, Ohio facing large projected losses.
- The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in April 2026 and could issue a ruling by late June or early July 2026, but the new dismissal request asks the justices to drop the case or send it back to a trial court to weigh the fresh evidence, a move that would delay any final decision and shape future review of DHS policy moves.