Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump to Dismantle TPS

The conservative majority’s opinion blocks federal courts from intervening in temporary protected status determination.

Temporary Protected Status holders rally outside the Supreme Court.

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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration has full discretion to end temporary protections for immigrants, putting hundreds of thousands back at risk of deportation.

The Thursday ruling is another legal defeat for migrants previously granted deportation reprieve and work authorization through Temporary Protected Status, a program President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security is dismantling.

The court previously allowed the Trump administration to end TPS for Venezuelans through its shadow docket, but this decision goes further. It says that the DHS secretary can end TPS for countries without the ability for judicial review.