The Supreme Court said it will hear challenges to two terminations of Temporary Protected Status for migrants from 11 countries, a fight that could affect about 1.3 million people living with TPS in the U.S. [1]
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ended TPS for asylum seekers from 11 countries last year, and the Trump administration terminated the designations for 11 of the 15 nationalities covered by the program, according to the report. [1]
TPS holders say the terminations should be open to court review on process grounds. The U.S. government says federal courts cannot review TPS determinations. [1]
Ahilan Arulanantham, who is involved in the dispute, said the courts are not allowed to look at TPS decisions and that any rule the government sets for the program is immune from review. He said, “A huge amount is at stake in that dispute because if the government is correct, then they can terminate TPS without conducting any country conditions review at all.” [1]
The government argued that Congress barred federal courts from second-guessing TPS decisions, saying judges cannot revisit the final outcome, the secretary's decision-making process or the reasoning behind it. [1]
Migrants were expected on Wednesday to make a last-ditch bid for the Supreme Court to side with them in the dispute over the terminations. The court's decision to take up the two cases together sets up a new round of review. [1]