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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to lift deportation protections for Haitians, Syrians

File photo - Immigrants' rights activists and demonstrators attend a rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2026.
File photo - Immigrants' rights activists and demonstrators attend a rally outside the US Supreme Court, as justices were scheduled to hear arguments on whether the administration of US President Donald Trump can end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of Syrian and Haitian nationals, in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2026. © Nathan Howard, Reuters

On Thursday, the predominantly Republican US Supreme Court authorised President Donald Trump's administration to revoke, without judicial review, a temporary status that protects 350,000 Haitian immigrants and 6,000 Syrians from deportation.

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands more people to potential deportation.

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