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A U.S. Supreme Court order on Monday allowing the Trump administration to terminate immigration protections and work permits for as many as 350,000 Venezuelans has lawyers and advocates worried about the decision’s potential effect for Haitians, Nicaraguans and others in the United States who have Temporary Protected Status.
“It is very concerning and may indirectly affect the TPS protections for Haitians and other TPS holders, who are currently challenging what we still see as very clearly illegal, not to mention, immoral and unjust actions,” Emi MacLean, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union, said Monday during a press call with the National TPS Alliance and other groups.
On Monday, the high court issued an order vacating a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that kept in place TPS for Venezuelans that that administration wanted to end last month. Lawyers noted that the justices offered no rationale and left many questions in the air on how their narrow order should be interpreted. They said they plan to continue to fight in court and noted there are other federal lawsuits being waged on behalf of TPS holders. Still, lawyers and immigration advocates said, the decision was “terrible” and exposes potentially as many as one million migrants, hailing from more than a dozen nations in conflict, to deportation.
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