Supreme Court Weighs Trump’s Power to End Protected Status for Syrians, Haitians

In more news from the Supreme Court, the conservative majority on Wednesday appeared to side with the Trump administration’s argument that it has the authority to revoke temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria. During oral arguments, the court’s six conservative justices signaled skepticism toward lower court rulings that had blocked the administration’s efforts to end TPS designations, which shield immigrants from deportation when their home countries are deemed unsafe. A ruling in favor of the administration could strip legal protections from some 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, and potentially more than a million TPS holders nationwide. Geoffrey Pipoly is a lawyer representing tens of thousands of Haitian immigrants challenging the Trump administration’s termination of their TPS. Geoffrey Pipoly: “The true reason for the termination is the president’s racial animus towards nonwhite immigrants and bare dislike of Haitians in particular. The president has disparaged Haitian TPS holders specifically as undesirables from a, quote, 'shithole country,' and days after falsely accusing them of, quote, 'eating the dogs and eating the cats of Americans,' he vowed that he would terminate Haiti’s TPS. And that is exactly what happened.”

Democracy Now!

Agenzia Nova: Usa: Camera approva legge per ripristino Tps per immigrati da Haiti, Trump porra' il veto

16 apr 22:20 - (Agenzia Nova) - La Camera dei rappresentanti degli Stati Uniti ha approvato una legge che ripristinerebbe le protezioni temporanee... (Was)

Use: Committee approves bill to restore TPS for Haitians, Trump will veto

16 Apr 22:20 - (Agenzia Nova) - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would restore temporary protections...

#Haitians #Trump #AgenziaNova

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/69e14de5218ce9.26499712/7285635/2026-04-16/usa-camera-approva-legge-per-ripristino-tps-per-immigrati-da-haiti-trump-porra-il-veto

A website called 'On London' has just analysed the apparent ethnic origins of candidates put forward by #reformUK in the #londonborough of #BarkingandDagenham for the impending elections. It has found that roughly half of them would not meet #mattgoodwin 's definition of #british - appearing to originate from #romania and #southasia . For #us readers this is the equivalent of #maga running a ticket made up largely of #haitians and #somalis ! The hypocrisy and irony are quite breath taking ! 😆
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to End Protections for Haitian Immigrants

The administration has also sought to end deportation protections for other immigrant groups, including Syrians.

The New York Times

Robin D. G. Kelley: It’s Not Enough to Abolish ICE — We Have to Abolish Police

“What’s happening now has happened before,” Kelley said, underscoring the anti-Blackness foundational to US fascism.

https://murica.website/2026/02/robin-d-g-kelley-its-not-enough-to-abolish-ice-we-have-to-abolish-police/

Robin D. G. Kelley: It’s Not Enough to Abolish ICE — We Have to Abolish Police – The USA Potato

Remember, when they start on #Springfield, #Ohio, the estimated 12,000 to 15,000 ( 1 in 4 residents) of #Haitians that live in Springfield, do so with a mixture of temporary protected status, citizenship, and other legal status.

Springfield, a central Ohio city of 60,000 where as many as one in four residents are Haitian, is bracing for an influx of federal immigration enforcement officers #USPol #ICE #WineMoms

🔗 The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing to support Haitians in Springfield. https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/16/the-original-wine-moms-are-in-ohio-theyre-mobilizing-to-support-haitians-in-springfield/

Jonathan Cohn: Why tRump’s Attack on Refugees Could Hurt Grandma. It’s immigrants from ‘sh*thole’ countries who care of our #elderly, and nobody’s lining up to take their place.

I really like helping these people and it reminds me how vulnerable we all are. I do it with as much heart as I can."--Maryse, home #healthcare worker

#immigration #Haitians #health #trump
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-attack-on-refugees-could-hurt-grandma-haiti-tps-caregivers

Why Trump’s Attack on Refugees Could Hurt Grandma

It’s immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries who care for our elderly, and nobody’s lining up to take their place.

The Bulwark
An Ethnic Cleansing Averted (For Now)

An Update on Springfield, Ohio

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Jennifer Rubin: Undaunted from the Bench. Judge Ana Reyes calls out #tRump regime #racism.

"What followed from U.S. District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes for the District of Columbia was a literary and legal masterpiece using Noem’s own vicious racism against her in a case challenging the revocation of TPS status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians refugees."

#AnaReyes #TPS #immigration #law #Haitians #DHS #KristiNoem
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/undaunted-from-the-bench-d4d

Undaunted from the Bench

Judge Ana Reyes calls out Trump regime racism

The Contrarian