Overview
- Justices consolidated emergency appeals over the Trump administration’s bid to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians and set arguments for late April on an accelerated timetable.
- The case could determine whether courts may review DHS decisions to terminate TPS, as the administration argues the statute bars judicial oversight and assigns that authority solely to the agency.
- Roughly 350,000 Haitians and about 6,000 Syrians retain work authorization and protection from deportation under existing lower-court injunctions while the Supreme Court considers the dispute.
- Lower courts in Washington, D.C., and New York blocked the terminations, with U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes finding it substantially likely that the Haiti decision was influenced by racial animus.
- The administration cites prior high court orders allowing TPS to be lifted for Venezuelans, and a ruling expected by late June or early July could shape the future scope of the three-decade-old program.