The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians and resume limits on asylum processing at crowded border ports of entry.
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The White House celebrated two Supreme Court decisions Thursday that strengthened President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda and gave the administration new legal support in its effort to tighten border enforcement.
The rulings addressed two major immigration disputes: the administration’s effort to end Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitians and about 6,000 Syrians, and its authority to limit asylum processing at southern border ports of entry when facilities are full.
In the Temporary Protected Status case, the justices ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration may proceed with ending deportation protections and work permits for affected Haitian and Syrian nationals while legal challenges continue.
TPS allows migrants from countries experiencing armed conflict, natural disasters or other extraordinary conditions to live and work temporarily in the United States. Lower courts had blocked the administration from terminating the protections, but the Supreme Court concluded that federal courts generally do not have authority to second-guess executive branch decisions ending TPS designations.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said the ruling confirmed the administration’s position that the program was never meant to provide permanent immigration status.
“Today, the Supreme Court affirmed what President Trump has always maintained: temporary protected status is, by definition, temporary,” Jackson said in a statement cited by The Hill.
“It was never intended to be a pathway to permanent status or legal residency and it is committed to the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Security,” Jackson added, according to The Hill.
“The Trump administration continues to lawfully end the egregious abuses to our immigration system that have hurt Americans for years,” Jackson said, according to The Hill.
Republicans praised the decision, while Democrats condemned it, according to The Hill.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said the court had upheld the proper limits of the program.
“Temporary Protective Status is supposed to be just that—temporary,” Cotton wrote in a social media post cited by The Hill.
“It’s not a permanent green card for illegal aliens who abuse taxpayer dollars,” Cotton wrote, according to The Hill.
“Today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of common sense and our national sovereignty,” Cotton added, according to The Hill.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the ruling a “cruel and inhumane decision” in a social media post cited by The Hill.
Schumer said the court had “turned its back” on thousands of Haitians and Syrians affected by the ruling, according to The Hill.
“TPS exists for exactly this reason: to protect people when returning home is unsafe,” Schumer wrote, according to The Hill.
“Haiti and Syria remain unsafe today,” Schumer added, according to The Hill.
“Instead of showing basic humanity, Donald Trump and this Court have chosen fear, chaos, and cruelty,” Schumer wrote, according to The Hill.
The court’s three liberal justices dissented. Justice Sonia Sotomayor read her dissent from the bench and warned that “more people will die” because of the ruling, according to The Hill.
Sotomayor argued that the decision could force migrants to return to countries that remain dangerous. Her dissent prompted an unusual response from Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion.
Alito said he “would have added” more to his original statement had he known Sotomayor planned to read her full dissent aloud, according to The Hill.
In the second case, the Supreme Court again ruled 6-3 in favor of the administration, allowing federal officials to resume a border policy that lets agents limit the number of migrants processed at ports of entry when facilities reach capacity.
Under the policy, migrants seeking asylum may be required to wait outside the United States until immigration officials can process additional claims.
The court found that migrants who remain outside U.S. territory cannot force federal officials to immediately process their asylum requests.
The administration has argued that the policy is necessary to manage migration surges and maintain order at the southern border when facilities become overcrowded.
White House officials said the two decisions reaffirm the president’s authority to enforce immigration law and direct federal border policy, according to The Hill.
The rulings add to a series of Supreme Court victories for Trump as his administration defends its immigration policies against legal challenges.
The court is also expected to rule soon in a separate immigration case involving Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. That dispute stems from a January 2025 order directing federal agencies to deny automatic citizenship to certain children born in the United States to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily.
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