How the Supreme Court deepened uncertainty over Temporary Protected Status
<p>Temporary protected status ended Monday for more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, leaving them vulnerable to being deported to the countries they fled — countries still coping with violence and instability.</p><p>In June, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end the 36-year-old temporary protected status program for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants.</p><p>“People are feeling like this country has let them down too,” said Patrick Brutus, vice president and co-founder of the Haitian American Professional Network. “They’ve had to watch their country tumble into destabilization from afar, and now families may have to face leaving their children behind or taking children to a dangerous place they’ve never been.”</p><p>In a statement, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said TPS had been used as a "de facto amnesty program" for "too long."</p><p>It was created by Congress in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strife.
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<p>Temporary protected status ended Monday for more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, leaving them vulnerable to being deported to the countries they fled — countries still coping with violence and instability.</p><p>In June, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end the 36-year-old temporary protected status program for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants.</p><p>“People are feeling like this country has let them down too,” said Patrick Brutus, vice president and co-founder of the Haitian American Professional Network. “They’ve had to watch their country tumble into destabilization from afar, and now families may have to face leaving their children behind or taking children to a dangerous place they’ve never been.”</p><p>In a statement, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said TPS had been used as a "de facto amnesty program" for "too long."</p><p>It was created by Congress in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strife. The protections are available only to people who have been continuously present in the U.S. since the date of designation, and DHS can extend it in increments of up to 18 months.</p><p>Haitians were first granted TPS in 2010 after a 7.0 earthquake killed hundreds of thousands, with extensions granted as <a class="Link" href="https://apnews.com/article/haiti-violence-gangs-port-au-prince-431b915e4143adddfacb105473ee604d" target="_blank" >gang violence continues to displace more than a million people</a> following the assassination of the country's president in 2021.</p><p>Syrians were first granted TPS in 2012 during a civil war that lasted decades until the fall of the national government in late 2024.
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- <p>Temporary protected status ended Monday for more than 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, leaving them vulnerable to being deported to the countries they fled — countries still coping with violence and instability.</p><p>In June, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end the 36-year-old temporary protected status program for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants.</p><p>“People are feeling like this country has let them down too,” said Patrick Brutus, vice president and co-founder of the Haitian American Professional Network. “They’ve had to watch their country tumble into destabilization from afar, and now families may have to face leaving their children behind or taking children to a dangerous place they’ve never been.”</p><p>In a statement, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said TPS had been used as a "de facto amnesty program" for "too long."</p><p>It was created by Congress in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters or civil strife.
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