Fate of legal protections for Syrian migrants rests with the Supreme Court

The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to allow the government to end legal protections for migrants from Syria for now. The Department of Justice asked the court on Thursday to lift a New York judge’s ruling halting the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to end temporary protected status for Syrians. About 6,100 people from Syria have temporary legal protections after fleeing armed conflict. The justices have previously allowed immigration authorities to end legal protections for migrants from Venezuela while lawsuits continue to play out. The administration says the Syria case is similar.