Supreme Court backs Trump move to end Syrians’ deportation protections
The decision affects some 6,100 Syrians who live in the United States.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration can move to deport thousands of Syrians who migrated to the United States during the country’s civil war, the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the court's conservative majority said the administration has the authority to end what’s known as Temporary Protected Status for roughly 6,100 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians. The ruling also potentially clears the way for TPS status to be revoked from more than 1.3 million people from other countries.
Congress created the designation in 1990 to protect foreign citizens from deportation and make them eligible for a work permit if their home countries were unsafe due to war, natural disaster or other “extraordinary and temporary” conditions. The status is granted for 6-18 months and can be renewed.
“T in TPS stands for TEMPORARY,” DHS General Counsel James Percival wrote in an X post. “Many of these designations became de facto amnesty. This is a win for the rule of law and common sense.”
