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The Guardian - US
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José Olivares in New York and agency

US supreme court allows Trump administration to strip Haitians and Syrians of protected status

people hold signs that read 'TPS justice' and 'protect TPS families'
Temporary protected status holders along with union leaders and advocates rally as the supreme court prepares to hear oral arguments in Mullin v Doe on 29 April 2026. Photograph: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

The US supreme court on Thursday ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s bid to strip temporary protected status (TPS) from hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians, who were legally in the US and protected from deportation.

In another boost to Donald Trump’s unprecedented hardline crackdown on immigrants, including many of whom have lived legally in the US for years, the court issued a 6-3 ruling. That was powered ⁠by its conservative-leaning majority, overturning decisions by ⁠federal judges in New York and Washington ​DC that had halted the administration’s actions terminating TPS for more than 350,000 people from Haiti and 6,100 from Syria.

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