home
article
US Supreme Court Allows Trump to Reject Asylum Seekers at US‑Mexico Border

US Supreme Court Allows Trump to Reject Asylum Seekers at US‑Mexico Border

Updated on

ai generated text

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6‑3 ruling, cleared the way for the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants and about 6,100 Syrians, despite arguments that their countries remain unsafe. This decision overturns lower‑court orders and empowers the Department of Homeland Security to end the humanitarian protection, potentially exposing thousands to deportation.

Samuel Alito
US Supreme Court
1. In ordinary speech, no one would say that a person 'arrives in' a place ... before the person enters that place.
2. The criteria for TPS designations guarantee that many, if not most, designated countries have such characteristics. Haiti is no exception. It is a very poor country, and living conditions there are unquestionably difficult.
3. A person without racial bias can provide a harshly unfavorable description of living conditions in some of the countries with TPS designations.
4. The secretary's TPS designation decisions are not subject to judicial review.
5. This text is clear, and its plain meaning is very broad.
Sonia Sotomayor
US Supreme Court
1. The court's illogical interpretation is driven almost entirely by a fixation on a single word: 'in'. Words, however, must be read in context and with attention to how they fit into the statute as a whole.
2. If the refugees on the MS St. Louis were to walk up to a port of entry on our southern border today, the majority's interpretation would allow immigration officers to refuse even to consider their asylum applications by physically blocking them from stepping foot onto US soil.
3. More people will turn back and be subjected to violence because of something they cannot or should not have to change about themselves, such as their race, religion, nationality, or political opinion.
4. More people will attempt to cross the border illegally, and some will make it while others will not. More people will be forced to walk along the US-Mexico border in dangerous conditions, trying to find a port that will inspect them.
Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic Party
1. The Senate should immediately move Rep Laura Gillen's bipartisan bill in response to today's reckless supreme court decision.
2. This decision harms them, their families and the communities all across America that rely on their participation in the healthcare workforce and beyond.
3. TPS holders from Haiti and Syria are our hardworking neighbors actively contributing to our communities, supporting our small businesses and filling critical labor needs.
Letitia James
New York Attorney General's Office
1. The Supreme Court's decision to strip TPS from Haitian and Syrian communities is a betrayal of our values and of the promise our country made to protect people from displacement and harm. I'll never stop fighting for our immigrant neighbors and loved ones.
Rebecca Cassler
American Immigration Council
1. Cruelty is not a substitute for real solutions. Blocking people from seeking asylum at official ports of entry will do nothing to fix our broken immigration system; it only makes things more chaotic and dangerous for vulnerable families.
Christopher J Hajec
American Immigration Council
1. Because of this, courts that hamstring enforcement are often forced to violate basic logic, as the 9th Circuit did here. We are pleased the Supreme Court saw that the lower court's reading would make immigration law incoherent, and reversed.
2. Our immigration laws are written to be pro-enforcement, not anti-enforcement.
Erika Pinheiro
Al Otro Lado
1. For decades, the United States has allowed individuals and families who are fleeing persecution, torture and death to ask for protection at U.S. borders.
2. We believe that today's ruling violates international law, as well as the express intent of Congress.

US Supreme Court Allows Trump to Reject Asylum Seekers at US‑Mexico Border

sources

perspectives

countries

organizations

persons

technicals