Overview
- During Wednesday’s arguments, several conservative justices suggested the courts may have little role in second‑guessing DHS decisions to terminate TPS for Haiti and Syria.
- Injunctions from judges in D.C. and New York still protect about 350,000 Haitians and roughly 6,000 Syrians, and a ruling could affect about 1.3 million TPS holders who have work permits but no path to a green card.
- Lawyers for the migrants said DHS skipped steps Congress required, including reviewing current country conditions and consulting the State Department, and they cited evidence of racial bias in the Haiti decision flagged by a D.C. judge.
- U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued the statute bars judicial review to avoid “judicial micromanagement,” and some justices questioned why courts would police procedures rather than the substance of the call.
- The Court expects to rule by late June or July, and a separate House measure to extend Haiti’s TPS to 2029 awaits Senate action as the White House threatens a veto.