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  "description": "In court filings, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that the decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia harms the Trump administration’s “national interest and foreign relations.” ",
  "path": "/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-revoke-legal-protections-for-haitians/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T13:50:07.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\nWASHINGTON — The Trump administration Wednesday made an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the revocation of legal status for more than 350,000 Haitians, opening them up to deportations.\n\nU.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to block a lower court's ruling that found the Trump administration unlawfully ended Temporary Protected Status for Haiti.\n\nTPS is a status given to nationals who hail from a country deemed too dangerous for return. The program grants work permits and deportation protections through renewal cycles ranging from six to 18 months.\n\nAs President Donald Trump aims to carry out mass deportations, the administration has moved to revoking legal status, such as TPS, for millions of immigrants, which means they then may be deported.\n\n#### Administration argues status is temporary\n\nIn court filings, Sauer argued that the decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia harms the Trump administration’s “national interest and foreign relations.”\n\nHe added that TPS is supposed to be “temporary,” and notes that Haiti has had the designation since 2010.\n\nThe high court asked for a response by Monday from attorneys representing the TPS holders who initially sued.\n\nHaiti first received TPS designation after a devastating earthquake in 2010, and had it renewed following the president’s assassination in 2021 by gangs.\n\nThe Trump administration moved to end TPS designation by Feb. 3. But Haitian TPS holders sued, arguing that the end of the designation did not take into account the country’s current condition. Haiti is dealing with gang violence and political instability.\n\n#### Other TPS moves\n\nThe Trump administration has also asked the high court to allow for the stripping of TPS for 6,000 Syrian nationals. The Supreme Court has not ruled on that emergency appeal yet.\n\nThe Trump administration has sought to end legal protections for immigrants with TPS status.\n\nSo far, the administration has revoked TPS status for 13 of the 17 countries that were designated at the start of the president's second term.\n\nThose 13 countries are Afghanistan, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Haiti, Honduras, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen.\n\nThe four remaining countries with TPS expiring this year without an extension are El Salvador, Lebanon, Sudan and Ukraine.",
  "title": "Trump administration asks Supreme Court to revoke legal protections for Haitians",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-15T13:50:07.169Z"
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