Overview
- The Court, which heard arguments Wednesday, zeroed in on whether judges may review Department of Homeland Security moves to end Temporary Protected Status.
- U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer said Congress barred "judicial micromanagement" and argued TPS calls are foreign-policy judgments that courts cannot second-guess.
- Attorneys for Haitian and Syrian holders said DHS skipped required consultation with the State Department and noted a D.C. judge’s finding of anti-Haitian bias, even as U.S. officials still warn against travel to both countries.
- Lower-court orders now keep protections in place, and a decision due by late June or early July could clear the way to end TPS for roughly 350,000 Haitians and about 6,000 Syrians.
- The ruling will set how courts police the 1990 humanitarian program, which covers about 1.3 million people, and could shape congressional action after the House voted to restore Haiti’s TPS.