Supreme Court Hands Trump a Win on Deportations

_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

The Supreme Court just handed President Trump a major win for progressing his deportation agenda.

In a 7-2 order, the Court cleared the Trump administration to resume deportations of over 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. These individuals had received Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under President Biden’s humanitarian parole program, which allowed them to live and work in the US for up to two years.

The unsigned order from the Court halts a lower court’s injunction that had blocked Trump’s move to end the program.

_THE FACTS_

• The migrants’ TPS status was set to expire in 2026, but President Trump fast-tracked the revocation with an order to Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem.

• This order follows the Court's decision allowing Trump to strip protections from 350,000 Venezuelan migrants under TPS.

• DHS announced the program's termination in April, but a Massachusetts judge blocked it.

• The Court's unsigned order, with no detailed reasoning, is typical for quick emergency appeals.

• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, saying migrants now face “two unbearable options”: leave the US and face dangers in their home countries, or risk "imminent removal" by government agents.

• Border czar Tom Homan warned that arrests and deportations will rise, especially in sanctuary cities.

• This decision impacts migrants who entered legally through parole, passed security checks, and had American sponsors.

• However, it does not determine whether Trump can lift TPS status ahead of the expiration date; it just lifts the block placed by the Massachusetts judge while the case plays out.

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