WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration could go ahead and yank temporary protected status (TPS) for thousands of Syrian and Haitian migrants.
In a 6-3 decision, the high court ruled that the statute behind TPS does not allow for judicial review, and therefore, lower courts can’t stay the administration’s decision to remove deportation protections for more than 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians living in the US.
“The TPS statute plainly bars consideration of respondents’ non-constitutional claims. It allows ‘no judicial review of any determination . . . with respect to the . . . termination’ of a TPS designation,” Republican appointed Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority.
The two cases revolved around two different lawsuits from groups of Syrians and Haitians, who both contended that the move was born of unlawful racial animus rather than geopolitical consideration.
The lower courts had kept the protections in place while the case was pending.