Supreme Court rules Trump administration can revive restrictive immigration policy (opens original article in a new tab)

Supreme Court allowed Trump administration to end temporary protected status for Syrian and Haitian immigrants, reversing lower court decisions and sparking debate over racial motivations.

• Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump administration to revive restrictive immigration policy
• Overturned lower court order blocking practice used by presidents of both parties
• Ended temporary protected status for 356,000 Syrian and Haitian immigrants in US
• Justice Alito's majority opinion stated termination of Haiti's TPS not based on race
• Justice Kagan's dissent cited Trump's racist statements about Haitians
• TPS program covers 1.3 million people from 17 countries fleeing war and disasters