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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst

Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow an end to legal protections for Syrian migrants

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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to end legal protections for migrants from Syria for now, in the latest emergency appeal to the nation's highest court.

The Department of Justice wants the court to lift a New York judge's ruling halting the Department of Homeland Security's decision to end temporary protected status for Syrians.

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