The Supreme Court issued a pair of rulings on Thursday that significantly bolster the Trump administration's strict immigration agenda, including one that could revoke temporary protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian nationals living in the United States.
The court's decisions provide the former president with expanded authority to limit asylum seekers and to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for individuals from designated countries.
In the case concerning TPS, the high court ruled 6-3 that federal courts cannot review non-constitutional claims challenging the administration's decision to revoke the status for Haitian and Syrian nationals. The statute governing TPS bars such judicial review, the majority found. The Trump administration had moved to end TPS for over 350,000 Haitian recipients and approximately 7,000 Syrian recipients residing in the U.S. TPS provides individuals from specific countries with temporary legal status to live and work in the United States when their home countries are unable to safely accommodate their return due to natural disasters, armed conflicts, or other exceptional circumstances.
The Supreme Court also granted the administration greater power to restrict asylum seekers arriving from Mexico. Combined, these rulings represent a substantial win for the Trump administration's efforts to implement a stringent immigration enforcement strategy.