The Supreme Court has allowed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) attempt to remove deportation protections for nationals of Haiti and Syria.
In a 6–3 decision on June 25, a majority of the court said federal law barred judicial review of certain legal arguments against the department’s determinations for temporary protected status.
Their decision focused on a portion of the Immigration and Nationality Act that says, “There is no judicial review of any determination of the [DHS Secretary] with respect to the designation, or termination or extension of a designation, of a foreign state under this subsection.”
Lower courts had blocked the department’s decisions, holding that the administration didn’t follow the proper procedures for revoking protected status. One judge in Washington also said that the department’s revocation of Haitians’ protected status was motivated by racial discrimination and therefore unconstitutional….
Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to Remove Deportation Protections for Syrians, Haitians
