The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration Thursday to revoke temporary deportation protections for roughly 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians living in the U.S., clearing the way for their removal while legal challenges continue.
The 6-3 ruling by the conservative-dominated court could have implications for more than 1 million beneficiaries of so-called Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from more than a dozen countries.
Justice Samuel Alito, whose majority opinion was joined by the five other conservative justices, said the Department of Homeland Security's decision to end TPS for Haitians and Syrians was not subject to judicial review.
TPS protects its holders from deportation and is granted to people deemed to be in danger if they return home because of war, natural disaster, or other extraordinary circumstances.
Lawyers for Haitian and Syrian TPS holders contended during oral arguments in April that conditions back home remained unsafe and the administration's move was motivated at least in part by racial hostility.
