Supreme Court Hands Trump 2 Immigration Wins, Backing Asylum Block and TPS End for 357,000
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Updated · New York Magazine · Jun 25
Supreme Court Hands Trump 2 Immigration Wins, Backing Asylum Block and TPS End for 357,000
3 articles · Updated · New York Magazine · Jun 25
Summary
Two 6-3 rulings on Thursday let the Trump administration both deny asylum claims by blocking migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and move ahead with ending Temporary Protected Status for about 350,000 Haitians and 7,000 Syrians.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote that asylum law applies only to people who have physically "arrived" in the United States, allowing officials to shut out applicants at ports of entry before the legal process begins.
In the TPS case, Alito said courts cannot review the Homeland Security secretary's decision to terminate the protections, rejecting lower-court concerns that the administration skipped required interagency consultation and acted with racial bias.
Liberal justices warned the decisions would leave asylum seekers in limbo, spur more dangerous illegal crossings, and expose Haitians and Syrians to deportation despite claims that conditions in their home countries remain unsafe.
The pair of decisions adds to a run of immigration victories for Trump at the conservative court, even as the justices recently refused his broader bid to end birthright citizenship.