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The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 25, 2026, allowed the Trump administration to keep moving forward with its plan to end Temporary Protected Status for people from Haiti and Syria while the fight over the policy continues in lower courts. The order does not decide whether the terminations are lawful in the end. It does, however, lift a judicial block that had kept the protections in place for now.

TPS is a federal program that can shield people from deportation and allow them to work legally when conditions in their home countries are considered too dangerous for a safe return. Haiti and Syria have been among the largest and longest-running TPS designations, reflecting years of violence, instability, and disaster. The government has said the program is temporary by design and that the executive branch has authority to end it when officials decide conditions no longer justify it.

The court’s action is an interim win for the administration, not a final merits ruling. But it has immediate consequences for the roughly 350,000 Haitians and about 6,000 Syrians covered by the dispute. Once lower-court orders blocking termination are no longer in force, the administration can proceed with ending the protections while the litigation moves ahead. That can affect work authorization, renewals of federal status documents, and the ability of families to plan anything beyond the next court deadline.

For many TPS holders, the practical effect is uncertainty layered on top of years of legal limbo. Many have lived in the United States for a long time, raising children, working jobs, paying fees, and following the program’s rules. If the terminations ultimately take effect, they could lose legal status and work authorization, and some could become vulnerable to removal. The Supreme Court did not settle whether the administration followed the law in ending TPS. It only allowed the government to proceed while those disputes continue.