A major ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court has handed the Trump administration a significant legal victory, giving it the authority to remove Temporary Protected Status — commonly known as TPS — from hundreds of thousands of people currently living in the United States under that protection.
The court’s decision clears the way for the administration to strip TPS from individuals from the small number of countries that still have active designations under the program.
The ruling is being viewed by many as a move that could effectively bring the TPS program to an end, as the administration now has the legal standing to wind down protections for the remaining eligible populations.
Among those most directly affected are hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians, who had been shielded from deportation under the program. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration’s push to end those protections.
TPS has historically offered a temporary safe harbor for people from countries experiencing ongoing armed conflict, environmental disasters, or other extraordinary conditions that make it unsafe to return.
