A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can terminate Temporary Protected Status for over 5,000 Ethiopian immigrants who had been living and working in the United States under humanitarian relief protections. The decision clears the way for potential deportations despite concerns about conditions in Ethiopia.
A federal judge officially allowed the Trump administration to terminate temporary deportation protections for approximately 350,000 Haitians, marking the final step in a months-long legal battle that reached the Supreme Court. The decision puts thousands at risk of job loss and deportation, though ICE agents have reportedly been told to delay arrests.
Republican Governor Mike DeWine of Ohio publicly opposed the Trump administration's plan to deport hundreds of thousands of Haitians following the end of Temporary Protected Status, calling it a 'big mistake' that could affect over 150,000 people in Florida alone.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration can turn back asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border before they reach U.S. soil and can strip Temporary Protected Status from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants, fundamentally reshaping U.S. immigration policy.
