Supreme Court to Review Trump’s TPS Termination

The Supreme Court will review President Donald Trump's effort to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians living legally in the U.S., according to multiple reports. The court agreed to hear arguments next month on whether the president can end TPS for these groups, which has been a central part of the administration's immigration agenda.

The decision came in response to emergency appeals involving migrants who have lived legally in the U.S. for years. The court deferred requests from the administration to remove protections immediately while it considers the broader question of presidential authority over TPS. This means that the individuals affected will retain their legal protections for now.

The Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments in April underscores the significance of several similar cases challenging the administration's moves, which are pending in lower federal courts and likely would have eventually reached the high court anyway. The conservative-majority court has previously granted the administration deference to cancel TPS designations, including for Venezuelans with TPS status.

Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has moved to end TPS status for about a dozen countries. According to The Guardian, courts in New York and Washington D.C. have agreed to delay the end of protections for Haitians and Syrians, with one finding that 'hostility to nonwhite immigrants' likely played a role in ending protections for Haitians.

According to CBS News, oral arguments in the cases will be set for late April, with decisions likely coming by the end of June or early July. The administration had asked the Supreme Court to grant emergency relief and freeze lower court orders blocking DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's decisions to terminate TPS for Syria and Haiti. However, the court chose to defer consideration of these requests, leaving those lower court rulings in place for now.