Supreme Court to hear Trump challenge to protected status for Syrian, Haitian nationals in US
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will review the Trump administration's effort to revoke temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants living in the...
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The Supreme Court on Monday said it will review the Trump administration's effort to revoke temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants living in the U.S. — a significant update that comes as the president looks to deliver on his hardline immigration enforcement promises in his second White House term. Justices on the high court let stand, for now, a pair of lower court orders that blocked the Trump administration from immediately halting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for the Syrian and Haitian migrants. The Supreme Court did agree to review the consolidated cases on an expedited basis, and said Monday that it will hear oral arguments in both cases next month. A ruling is expected by late June. SCOTUS TO REVIEW TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDER ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP The news comes as the Trump administration has moved to end the TPS status designation for migrants from roughly half a dozen countries, including some 6,000 Syrian migrants and 350,000 Haitian migrants living in the U.S. under the program. The TPS program in question allows individuals from certain countries to live and work in the U.S. legally if they cannot work safely in their home country due to a disaster, armed conflict or other "extraordinary and temporary conditions." Last week, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the high court to intervene and grant stay a lower court order from U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes that blocked the administration's effort to immediately revoke temporary protected status designations for Haitian migrants. BIDEN-APPOINTED FEDERAL JUDGE RULES TRUMP'S 'THIRD COUNTRY' DEPORTATION POLICY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Sauer urged the high court to take up the broader issue of whether the Trump administration can revoke TPS protections for other migrants living in the U.S. — citing the Justice Department's appeal of a similar case centered on TPS protections for Syrian migrants that was kicked to the high court earlier this year…