The recent rulings allow Trump to continue his crackdown against illegal immigration and restrict humanitarian protections for non-citizens. Governor DeWine has asked Trump to reconsider ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued two rulings that will allow President Trump to continue his efforts to secure the borders of the United States. The rulings will allow his administration to deport migrants and turn others away at the southern border.
The first ruling allows the Trump administration to end humanitarian protections for people from Haiti and Syria that have been permitted to live and work in the United States under Temporary Protected Status (T.P.S.). The president has forcefully advocated for the end of the program in his efforts to reform immigration to the United States.
The program was created by Congress in 1990 to provide temporary legal status to non-citizens whose home countries were unsafe due to war, natural disasters, or other crises.
In a 6 to 3 decision, the conservative majority of the court has allowed President Trump to expel 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians who have been residing in the United States. Other countries who have temporary protected status may be impacted.
Haiti was extended T.P.S. protections in response to a 2010 earthquake. Syrians were included after a civil war ensued in 2011.
In another decision that was split 6 to 3 along ideological lines, the court ruled that the Trump administration could turn away migrants seeking asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border by preventing them from crossing.
Once an individual steps foot on American soil, federal law permits them to try to claim asylum and receive the associated protections.
President Trump’s administration celebrated the court’s rulings.
“The T in TPS stands for TEMPORARY, yet many of these designations became de facto amnesty. This is a win for the rule of law and common sense,” wrote James Percival, the general counsel of the Department of Homeland Security, on social media.
Stephen Miller, the top aide at the White House, said that the United States is “full closed to asylum seekers” and encouraged Haitian non-citizens who received protections to leave the country.
Ohio has a significant population of Haitian migrants. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine called on the Trump administration to reconsider its plans to end temporary protected status for Haitians.
“What I would hope is the Trump administration would reconsider this,” DeWine said in a recent interview.
“Look at how it’s going to impact states like Ohio. In Ohio, the Haitians are working primarily in manufacturing, they’re also working in the food area.”
“It’s Haitians who, many times, are taking care of your mom or your dad who has Alzheimer’s, taking care of family members who might be in a nursing home. And to say we’re going to pull all those [people] out, it’s just not in our own self-interest,” the governor said.
DeWine said that he accepts the high court’s decision, but that he hopes the Trump administration will reconsider ending the temporary protected status for Haitians.
