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June 25, 2026
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SCOTUS GIVES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CARTE BLANCHE TO STRIP MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS WITH NO OVERSIGHT
Court greenlights Trump administration’s termination of TPS for Syria and Haiti and eliminated most judicial review of TPS decision-making
(Washington, D.C.) — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned two federal court rulings delaying the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria and Haiti. The decision in Mullin v. Dahlia Doe and Trump v. Miot means hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrant community members will lose their ability to live and work legally in the United States and may be subject to detention and deportation to danger. The decision is scheduled to take effect in 32 days barring any further district court orders.
The Court also severely limited the ability of TPS holders to challenge even blatant violations of the TPS statute created by Congress, foreclosing court review of all the claims Plaintiffs had raised except for those that allege constitutional violations. The decision paves the way for the Trump administration to strip TPS status from more than 1.3 million people with limited judicial oversight in what would be the largest de-documentation campaign in U.S. history, stripping people of legal status and work authorization.
Syrian plaintiffs are represented by the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), Muslim Advocates, and Van Der Hout LLP, alongside the ACLU National, the ACLU of Northern California, the Miñana Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON). Haitian plaintiffs are represented by Just Futures Law, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), Kurzban, Kurzban, Tetzeli & Pratt, and Giskan, Solataroff & Anderson.
Haitian and Syrian TPS holders and their attorneys decried the decision:
Dahlia Doe, a Syrian TPS holder and lead plaintiff in Mullin v. Dahlia Doe, said: ”Today’s decision is a devastating blow to me and thousands of TPS holders and our families who built our lives in this country in good faith. We are real people whose futures now hang in the balance. This is not simply a legal outcome, for us it is the loss of stability, the fear of separation from our families, and the uncertainty of what comes next. We are parents, workers, students, caregivers, and neighbors, and despite this disappointing decision, our contributions and our humanity remain unchanged.”
Viles Dorsainvil, a Haitian TPS holder, plaintiff in a legal challenge to the termination of TPS for Haiti, and Co-Founder and Executive Director, Haitian Support Center, said: “This decision places thousands of Haitian families in immediate fear. Haiti is not safe, and everyone knows it. The Court’s ruling does not change the reality on the ground or the contributions we make here in the United States. The truth is this – we are parents, workers, caregivers, and leaders – and we will not disappear quietly. We will continue fighting for safety and dignity.”
Lupe Aguirre, Deputy Director of U.S. Litigation, International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), said: “Today’s decision is catastrophic for Syrian and Haitian TPS holders, the country, and the rule of law. The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration carte blanche to run roughshod over the laws passed by Congress and over the basic rights, safety, and dignity of hundreds of thousands of immigrants. Our clients are doctors, healthcare workers, and vital members of communities across this country who will now be vulnerable to detention and deportation to danger. Congress must act swiftly to restore TPS protections before this decision endangers 1.3 million of our neighbors.”
Ahilan Arulanantham, Professor from Practice and Co-Director, Miñana Family Center for Immigration Law and Policy, at the UCLA School of Law, said: “Today the Supreme Court allowed the government to ignore a bedrock humanitarian protection that Congress, in bipartisan fashion, established three decades ago to ensure that vulnerable refugees would not be subject to partisan whims. Without TPS, millions of individuals who are part of our communities are at risk of being sent back to countries in crisis. Congress must act now to prevent the humanitarian crisis this decision has created, and restore sanity and humanity to our immigration system.”
Jessica Bansal, TPS Counsel, National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), said: “The Supreme Court’s decision allows the Trump administration to strip humanitarian protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants, in blatant violation of laws enacted by Congress. It is now up to Congress, and the people, to prevent the impending tragedy.”
Melissa Keaney, Legal Director, Muslim Advocates, said: “Today the Supreme Court rubber stamped the Trump administration’s racist and politically-driven agenda to strip Syrian and Haitian TPS holders of vital humanitarian protections. Congress designed TPS to protect our clients from danger–now it must use its power to hold the line and restore these protections. We will continue to fight inside and outside the courts to protect our clients and other TPS holders like them.”
Emi MacLean, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California, said: “In an unconscionable decision, the Supreme Court has ignored the clear evidence that the Trump administration’s actions were arbitrary and racist. The decision threatens to strip legal status from hundreds of thousands of people, greenlight deportation to countries in crisis, and take away the right to work from valued members of our communities. Today’s decision is a stain on this court and this country. But the fight is not over.”
Sejal Zota, Co-Founder and Legal Director, Just Futures Law, said: “Today the Supreme Court took a wrecking ball to the law, giving the Trump Administration a blank check to obliterate a longstanding Congressionally-enacted humanitarian program. The ruling will undoubtedly devastate hundreds of thousands of families whose safety hinges on this lifeline and accelerate the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda, with ripple effects across immigrant and non-immigrant communities. Nevertheless, we will continue to fight for our clients and find new avenues to challenge this administration’s lawlessness, racism, and xenophobia.”
Additional Information
- Read the decision: HERE
- Read the press release about Oral Arguments: HERE
- Read about the rally held outside SCOTUS: HERE
- Fact sheet about the case: HERE
- Background on the Syria TPS case: HERE
- Background on the Haiti TPS case: HERE
- Amicus briefs in support of TPS: HERE and HERE
- Resources for TPS holders: HERE
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