​Washington, Jun 25 (EFE).- The United States Supreme Court majority ruled Thursday in favor of upholding the revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. ​The 6-3 decision left some 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians vulnerable to deportation, in addition to jeopardizing the status of approximately 1.3 million immigrants from 17 countries who held TPS when Trump returned to power in January 2025. ​The Supreme Court held that the law governing TPS, created in 1990 to offer temporary refuge to people who cannot safely return to their home countries, “expressly restricts” courts from reviewing determinations made by the Department of Homeland Security on whether to terminate or extend TPS protections, Justice Samuel Alito wrote. ​As for the claims of discrimination against Haitians, Alito said none of the statements cited by plaintiffs were “overtly racial” and were “insufficient to show that the termination of Haiti’s TPS designation was based on the race of the Haitian people.” The plaintiffs were referring to unsubstantiated claims made by tTrump during the 2024 campaign during his presidential campaign, when he said that Haitian immigrants in a small town in Ohio were stealing pets to eat them. ​The TPS program protects foreigners from deportation and grants them work permits if they cannot safely return to their home countries due to an emergency, such as a war or a natural disaster. ​As part of its efforts to restrict both illegal and legal immigration, the Trump administration has sought to revoke TPS status for more than a dozen countries. President Donald Trump’s administration has overturned many of these injunctions, including those filed by Venezuelans. EFE lt/mcd