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US supreme court weighs whether protected status of Haitians and Syrians can be revoked

The US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments to determine if the Trump administration has the authority to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants, who have been shielded from deportation since 2010 and 2012 respectively due to unsafe conditions in their home countries. A ruling in favor of the administration could lead to efforts to end the TPS program entirely; the administration has already successfully stripped protections for Venezuelans and other nationalities, with pending legal challenges to revocations for countries like Myanmar and Ethiopia.