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Supreme Court Lets DHS End Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian Nationals, Overturning Lower-Court Blocks
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Department of Homeland Security can end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian nationals. The decision affects roughly 336,000 to 356,100 people and overturns prior lower-court blocks.
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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security can terminate Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian nationals. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion in Mullin v. Doe, holding that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s determination to end the program cannot be legally challenged.
The ruling directly affects approximately 330,000 to 350,000 Haitian nationals and 6,000 to 6,100 Syrian nationals. Temporary Protected Status currently protects a total of 1.3 million nationals from 17 countries. The decision overturns prior lower-court orders that had blocked termination of TPS for Haitians and Syrians and may affect designations for additional countries.
Two days earlier the court issued a 6-3 decision in Blanche v. Lau, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, concerning denial of re-entry to legal permanent residents with criminal convictions. On the same day as the TPS ruling the court decided Mullin v.
Al Otro Lado 6-3, holding that an asylum-seeker standing in Mexico does not satisfy the statutory requirement of having arrived in the United States. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara on April 1 in a case concerning President Trump’s January 2025 executive order on birthright citizenship.
The court is scheduled to issue its opinion in that case on or after June 30. The Supreme Court is scheduled to issue opinions at 10 a.m. Monday in the eight remaining cases from its 2025-26 term and will likely hold an additional opinion day this week.
