Overview
- The Supreme Court, which heard arguments Wednesday, April 29, appeared open to giving the administration wide leeway to end Temporary Protected Status, with a ruling expected by late June or July.
- Lower-court orders, including a February injunction by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, now keep protections in place after DHS announced in September that it would terminate TPS for Haiti and Syria.
- Advocates point to ongoing danger in both countries, citing State Department Level 4 “Do Not Travel” alerts and a new International Rescue Committee report describing gang control in Port-au-Prince and collapsing public services.
- The decision could set precedent for more than 1.3 million TPS holders nationwide, with concentrated effects on tens of thousands of Haitian residents in Massachusetts and Ohio who fill critical jobs in short-staffed sectors.
- Plaintiffs say DHS skipped required reviews of country conditions and acted on racial animus, while the government casts TPS termination as a foreign-policy judgment that courts should not review.