While we await other major decisions, this morning the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) handed down what is viewed as a win for the Trump administration.
SCOTUS ruled 6-3 that the Executive Branch (whether the President is Democrat or Republican) does have the power to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Haitians. This ruling is likely to lead to the deportation of the Haitians, as well as others on TPS status.
In the featured photo above, notice that there was a general cleaning of the building's marble facade underway. We hope that the exterior cleaning was also prophetic of a general cleansing needed for the nine justices (and staff) who make such far-reaching decisions theoretically for justice under law, and for the benefit and betterment of the citizens of our once-God blessed nation. (2 Chronicles 7:14)
This session of the SCOTUS ends June 30th, and still to come are their decisions on “birthright citizenship” and biological males playing in women’s sports.
Writing for the conservative majority, Justice Samuel Alito declared that the TPS statute bars federal courts from reviewing the Department of Homeland Security's determination to end the designation and found the plaintiffs’ claims of racial discrimination not credible.
The Haitians have been here on “temporary status” for a very long time. An opinion piece by Amy Howe in her SCOTUS blog gives some background. All emphasis mine, unless otherwise noted. QUOTE:
Then-Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano made both of the designations at the center of this case. In 2010, shortly after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing more than 300,000 people and causing catastrophic damage, she designated Haiti under the TPS program.
Napolitano made a similar designation for Syria two years later, pointing to “deteriorating conditions” there after a “brutal crackdown” by Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad against anti-government dissenters.
Napolitano’s designations of Haiti and Syria initially lasted for 18 months, but they were repeatedly extended until 2025, when Noem announced that the Trump administration planned to end both designations.
Noem said that a new Syrian government was attempting to “move the country to a stable institutional governance,” and that she had determined that “there are no extraordinary and temporary conditions in Haiti that prevent Haitian nationals… from returning in safety.”
And in both cases, she indicated that it would be “contrary to the national interest” to allow the countries’ TPS designation to remain in place. END QUOTE
Here are further details of today’s SCOTUS ruling in Mullin v. Doe:
Judicial Review: The Court determined that the law expressly restricts judges from second-guessing the administration’s decision that conditions in Haiti no longer warrant protection, despite State Department warnings that the country remains unsafe.
We know Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a busy man, but the previous boldfaced clause indicates there are still large numbers of “swamp creatures” deeply embedded in the State Department.
We have no doubt that there is crime in Haiti, but in recent years, America has also become “unsafe,” due largely to… yes, immigrants—illegal aliens, as well as those allowed in under TPS and/or those who simply overstay their green card, visitor visas.
The six common sense justices are ruling that “activist” (Leftist) judges do not have the power to overrule the President in this matter.
Discrimination Claims: The majority also rejected arguments that the termination of TPS was driven by anti-Black racism on the part of POTUS and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Immediate Impact: The decision overturns lower court injunctions, meaning Haitian TPS holders immediately lose work authorization and protection from removal, though they may still seek asylum through standard legal channels.
Not surprisingly, the three far-Leftist justices “screamed” their dissent with their alarmist rhetoric in opposing the six justices in the majority.
Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson argued that the evidence of racial bias was “plain to see” and that the ruling consigns families to “devastating, and indeed life-threatening, injury.”
Apparently, Justice Clarence Thomas (who is black) did not “plainly see” any racial bias. In fact, in his opinion, agreeing with Alito, Justice Thomas would have preferred to take the ruling a step further. Thomas said he believes undocumented immigrants have no protections under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
We hope this foreshadows good news on the still-forthcoming decision on “birthright citizenship” under the 14th Amendment!
Today’s decision also affects approximately 6,000 Syrian nationals and forecasts wider vulnerability for TPS individuals from 17 countries who still live in the U.S.
The decision also affects approximately 6,000 Syrian nationals and forecasts wider vulnerability for TPS individuals from 17 countries who still live in the U.S.
We are grateful to God that common sense prevailed in the SCOTUS ruling on this issue.
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