March 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh the Trump administration's authority to end the temporary protected status of Syrian and Haitian immigrants.
The high court announced Monday that it will take up the case as the Trump administration seeks to eliminate the protected status of more than 350,000 immigrants, putting them at risk of deportation.
The case centers around former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's decision to end temporary protected status for Haiti, which was set to take effect last month. The day before this decision was to take effect, a federal court blocked the move while legal challenges play out.
Noem's effort was challenged by a group of five Haitian nationals in December. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ordered that it was "substantially likely" that Noem's decision was motivated by race and her "hostility to nonwhite immigrants."
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