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Supreme Court Upholds Authority to End Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Nationals
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25 issued a 6-3 decision permitting the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals. The ruling also extends to Syrian nationals and affects work authorizations for roughly 330,000 Haitians set to expire July 10.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25 issued a 6-3 decision allowing the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals. The ruling also permits ending the program for Syrian nationals.
The decision affects about 330,000 Haitian TPS holders whose work authorizations expire July 10. Florida holds the largest share of such recipients, with 158,000 Haitians and a statewide total of nearly 404,000 TPS holders, more than half from Venezuela and about one-third from Haiti.
Of the 330,000 Haitian TPS holders nationwide, roughly 13,000 work daily as nursing assistants caring for 65,000 patients.
Another 8,000 serve 12,000 children and aging people. Republican Representative Mike Lawler stated that roughly one-third of Haitian TPS holders work in healthcare and that ending the program immediately would create a crisis in hospitals, nursing homes and the intellectual disabilities community.
Democratic Representative Ayanna Pressley said seniors would lose caregivers amid an existing shortage and would lose the ability to age in their communities with needed assistance.
Harvard Medical School professor David Grabowski said the decision will have a major impact on nursing homes, assisted living facilities and home care agencies. Dr. Steffie Woolhandler of CUNY’s Hunter College said operators of those facilities are describing the situation as a crisis.
Drishti Pillai of KFF said the long-term care industry already faces shortages and that the policy change will further exacerbate them. A 2025 study found TPS recipients represent 15 percent of all noncitizen healthcare workers, though they make up 2.1 percent of the total immigrant population. The U.S.
Population age 65 and older is projected to rise from 58 million to 82 million by 2050. Nearly half of U.S. nursing homes already limit admissions due to staffing shortages, and 19 percent recently met minimum staffing levels set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
