The Supreme Court says DHS can deport 350,000 refugees
Just when we thought the news cycle couldn't get more chaotic, the Supreme Court decided to drop a massive bombshell on hundreds of thousands of people trying to avoid getting sent back to active war zones.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the administration can officially end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians.
The legal gymnastics here are wild. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, basically saying that courts have no business reviewing these decisions. He also claimed that ending protections wasn't racially motivated, despite some very colorful campaign trail comments from Donald Trump. Justice Elena Kagan dissented, pointing out that those statements practically shouted racial bias.
But here is the real kicker: Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem approved ending the status because conditions in Haiti and Syria have "improved." Meanwhile, the State Department's own website still has both countries on its strict "Do Not Travel" list, warning of active gang warfare, kidnappings, and violence.
It turns out a country can be too dangerous for American tourists but perfectly fine to deport 350,000 people back to.
Source: NBC News
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