WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court ruled on June 25, 2026, to allow the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for migrants from Haiti and Syria. This decision is expected to impact approximately 356,000 people and take effect on July 27, 2026.

Congress established TPS in 1990. The program allows individuals from certain countries experiencing armed conflict, environmental disaster, or other extraordinary conditions to reside and work legally in the United States. TPS does not offer a pathway to U.S. citizenship, but it can be renewed for up to 18-month periods if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that conditions in the home country remain unsafe for return. Approximately 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians have been granted TPS in the United States.

Viles Dorsainvil, executive director of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, said in a podcast interview: "As a Haitian, I always say that life has not been easy for us, nothing has been easy for us and this is another chapter in our life. And we’ve been in that type of situation since after the presidential campaign when they came up with that type of conspiracy theory of us eating cats and dogs." Dorsainvil added, "We’ve been targeted. We’ve been in the spotlight for their political agenda."

Why It Matters

The Supreme Court's decision impacts hundreds of thousands of individuals who have been living and working in the U.S. under TPS, requiring them to prepare for potential return to their home countries or other immigration solutions. These individuals, primarily from Haiti and Syria, have received protection under the program due to conditions in their native countries that the U.S. government deemed unsafe for their return.