The Supreme Court of the United States ruled this Thursday that the government of Donald Trump is authorized to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of citizens from Haiti and Syria.
The highest court, in a 6 to 3 vote that saw the dissent of the three left-leaning justices, understood that the nature of these immigration protections is, precisely, temporary. This ruling clears the way for Trump to deport about 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, considering that the Court had already sided with the president in a previous ruling that allowed the termination of this same program for Venezuelan immigrants.
Under Joe Biden's administration, these protections were granted to hundreds of thousands of Haitians, allowing them to access work permits. In 2024, the Democratic administration extended the program, facilitating that both Haitians and Syrians could reside legally in the U.S. indefinitely. When Trump returned to the White House, the Department of Homeland Security revoked the regulation, an initiative that was later blocked by a Democratic judge.
