Hanging by a Thread: Two Supreme Court Decisions put TPS and Parole Protections on Shaky Ground

By Elket Rodriguez

In back-to-back decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court handed two major wins to the Trump administration that could strip life-saving protections from nearly a million people, most of them from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua, while legal battles continue.

1. Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans
On May 19, the Court gave the green light for the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans. TPS is a humanitarian lifeline for people fleeing violence, instability, and crisis. With this ruling, people who have lived here legally for years could now face deportation and lose their work permits, while the courts sort it out. Read the full story here.

2. Parole Program for Migrants from Four Countries
On May 31, the Court allowed the administration to start dismantling the humanitarian parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. That’s another 500,000 people now living with uncertainty. These are folks who came here legally, were vetted, and were granted the chance to live and work here temporarily. That’s now at risk. Read the full story here.