The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday regarding the Trump administration's efforts to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants. This move is part of a signature immigration crackdown and a series of hard-line policies.
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to terminate TPS, a program that grants permission to live and work in the United States to individuals whose home countries are deemed unsafe. These protections are typically provided to migrants fleeing war, political instability, or natural disasters to protect them from deportation.
The court will examine whether the administration has the authority to remove these humanitarian protections. Over the past year, the Trump administration has attempted to cut the program for various countries, which could lead to the removal of hundreds of thousands of protected immigrants.