Supreme Court Oral Arguments in TPS Cases
NPR: Every president except for Trump has supported TPS, according to NPR’s Nina Totenberg. Haiti and Syria are two test cases in Trump's effort to get rid of the program. Haitians received temporary protected status after a devastating earthquake killed more than 300,000 people in 2010. To this day, the country suffers from cholera epidemics, roving gangs and no functioning government. In Syria, a relatively small group of 7,000 received temporary protected status because of the civil war and Israeli bombing attacks. TPS status holders must renew every 18 months. The Trump administration argues that, under the 1990 TPS statute, none of these judgments is subject to review by the courts. Lawyers for TPS recipients counter that the Trump administration has failed to comply with the procedures mandated by federal law.
Oral arguments are later this morning. C-Span broadcasts the arguments live.
UPDATE (12 PST): Andrew Chung for Reuters (Supreme Court leans toward Trump's move targeting Haitian and Syrian immigrants) recaps the arguments. UCLA Law's Ahilan Arulanantham argued the case for the Syrian TPS recipients.
UPDATE April 30:
