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Jun 25, 2026

SCOTUS rules that Trump admin. can remove TPS for Haitian and Syrian nationals

Rain clouds roll over the United States Supreme Court building on June 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Rain clouds roll over the United States Supreme Court building on June 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Addie Davis
8:47 AM – Thursday, June 25, 2026

In a major win for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a ruling allowing the removal of the temporary protected status (TPS) of Haitian and Syrian nationals in the U.S.

In a six to three ruling, along ideological lines, the court issued the decision on Thursday. The case dealt with with questions of the right of judicial review regarding the decision to end the designations, as well as race-based considerations.

The court ruled that the TPS statue barred judicial review of “respondents’ non-constitutional claims,” and that the one constitutional claim would “likely fail.” It further noted that race would be difficult to prove as a motivating factor.

“Ironically, respondents themselves offer a race-neutral explanation for the Government’s action: namely, that the current administration, which has terminated every TPS designation that has come up for renewal, simply opposes the TPS program as it has been implemented in the past,” the court document stated.

 

In a dissenting opinion written by Justice Elena Kagan, and joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, it was purported that the designations were not terminated through proper processes and included “race-based considerations.”

“But the law prevents the program from ending as it likely did here — without the required consultations about country conditions and, as to Haiti, with impermissible race-based considerations tainting the decision,” the opinion read.

 

The TPS designation was given to Haiti and Syria in 2010 and 2012, respectively, and persisted for well over a decade. According to media reports, the decision would affect about 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians with TPS.

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