Takedown of Humanitarian Protection: Trump Pushes for Supreme Court Green Light
Over 500,000 immigrants granted lawful residency - Trump takes legal action at the Supreme Court
In a move that could drastically impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals, the Trump administration is pushing to strip humanitarian protection from nearly 532,000 people hailing from South America. The US government's plans to revoke their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) has been momentarily halted, but President Trump is undeterred.
The Solicitor General, Jeffrey Wall, has requested the Supreme Court to void a preliminary injunction that impedes the government from ending humanitarian protection for TPS holders from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. This appeal aims to discharge the stay placed by a federal judge. The Trump administration is seeking the Supreme Court, a conservative-heavy bench, to overturn these stays.
Critics have claimed that the judge's ruling serves to undermine one of the government's most substantial decisions in immigration policy, deeming it a "violation of the executive's prerogatives in managing the immigration system."
Boston federal judge Indira Talwani had temporarily halted the revocation of residency status for these immigrants in April. Her order cited a flawed interpretation of immigration law as the basis for the Trump administration's action. Talwani asserted that the accelerated deportation policy did not extend to authorized residents such as TPS beneficiaries, but rather to non-citizens who entered the US illegally.
The Trump administration's decision to end the legal status of these TPS holders was made in March. At that time, immigrants were given till April 24 to either leave the US or prove another legal status. The program from which these migrants entered the US, launched by former President Joe Biden in October 2022, had allowed up to 30,000 migrants per month to enter the US, due to the poor human rights situations in their home countries.
Trump's hardline stance on illegal immigration, aimed at resounding with voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, is highly controversial and is often met with legal challenges. His approach promises the largest deportation campaign in US history.
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Interesting Asides:
- In a related development, the Trump administration has appealed to the Supreme Court to allow an end to TPS for Venezuelan migrants. The administration is challenging a lower court decision that blocked the termination of TPS for Venezuelans, arguing it interferes with the executive branch's discretion in immigration policy. [1][2]
- The Trump administration has also filed a separate appeal with the Supreme Court over humanitarian parole for a significant number of individuals from Cuba, Haiti, and other countries. This case involves an emergency appeal to reverse a lower court order that maintains temporary legal status for these individuals. [3]
Sources: ntv.de, chl/AFP
- The European Union and its Member States have expressed concern over the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to restrict immigration, particularly the revocation of Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of migrants from South America.
- They have agreed that the administration's move to nullify the general-news-preliminary injunction, which prevents the government from ending humanitarian protection for TPS holders, could have detrimental impacts on these immigrants' lives.
- The European Union, through its politics, emphasizes the importance of maintaining a humane immigration policy and ensuring that immigration decisions do not infringe upon the rights of individuals as opposed to Trump's hardline stance.
- The Trump administration's decision, if allowed by the Supreme Court, could set a significant precedent, potentially influencing similar immigration policies in the EU and other global jurisdictions.
