The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to deport more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, a 6-3 ruling that strips Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from people who have legally lived and worked in America for more than a decade. The decision lands as an immigration ruling, but it will also significantly impact US hospitals, nursing homes, and the elderly Americans who depend on them.
Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the conservative majority on Thursday, held that the TPS law gives the president unreviewable authority to end protections, with no role for the courts. The ruling reverses lower court decisions that had paused the terminations and could expose 1.3 million immigrants from all 17 designated TPS countries to deportation as the administration moves to roll back protections for 13 of them.
