The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in April on President Donald Trump’s push to end temporary deportation protections for immigrants from Haiti and Syria, which could have wider implications for the three-decade-old humanitarian program.
The Trump administration is asking the justices to once again green-light its ability to remove those countries’ designations under the Temporary Protected Status program, which allows some immigrants from countries undergoing humanitarian crises to live and work in the U.S. legally. The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end TPS for Venezuelans in shadow docket decisions last year.
Solicitor General John Sauer wants the Supreme Court to provide guidance to lower courts, which have blocked the administration from terminating TPS for immigrants from Haiti, Syria, Ethiopia, and more.