Global Refuge Responds to Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Termination of TPS for Haiti and Syria

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
June 25, 2026
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WASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court today ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration may proceed with terminating Temporary Protected Status for nationals of Haiti and Syria, holding that the courts have no authority to review how such decisions are made.

“This is a deeply painful day for hundreds of thousands of families who have built their lives here lawfully, paid taxes, cared for our communities, and who now face the prospect of losing everything,” said Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge. “Importantly, the Court did not find that Haiti or Syria is safe. It found that the question is beyond the reach of judicial review. Our immediate concern is what happens to these families and children should they be forced back to the dire circumstances that have long prevented their safe return. However, the larger question is whether there remains any meaningful oversight when decisions of this magnitude are made without an honest accounting of conditions on the ground.”

The ruling clears the way for the administration to strip legal status and work authorization from roughly 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians, and depending on how broadly it is read, threatens protections for more than a million people from seventeen countries who, until recently, have relied on TPS. TPS recipients have lived, worked, and contributed to communities across the United States for years, and in some cases, decades.

“We are deeply troubled by the reach of this ruling, which extends beyond Haiti and Syria to every TPS designation,” continued Vignarajah. “The Supreme Court has essentially handed the administration carte blanche to revoke protections for more than a million people who followed every rule, with no obligation to justify the decision and no court empowered to question it.”

The administration’s claim that TPS holders can safely return to their home countries is contradicted by the federal government’s own assessments. The State Department currently warns U.S. citizens not to travel to Haiti or Syria due to severe violence, instability, and limited access to basic services. Haiti continues to experience political collapse, widespread gang violence, kidnapping, and the breakdown of essential infrastructure including access to food, shelter, water, and health care. The humanitarian situation in Syria remains critical after 14 years of conflict that has resulted in decimated infrastructure and economic collapse. About 15.6 million people remain in need of lifesaving assistance in the country.

“Our commitment to the people we serve does not end with this ruling,” Vignarajah added. “Global Refuge will continue to stand with TPS holders and their families, and to make the case in every forum still open to us that protecting people fleeing catastrophe is both who we are as a nation and what the law was written to do.”

Global Refuge will continue to provide legal information to affected communities and will work with partners across the country to respond to the ruling’s consequences.