US government asks Supreme Court to allow deportation of Syrian migrants
World • 3d ago
The Trump administration has pushed to strip migrants of Temporary Protected Status, arguing that their countries are no longer unsafe.
The United States Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to allow the administration of President Donald Trump to move forward with plans to terminate deportation protections for 6,000 Syrian migrants living in the country.
The department’s request on Thursday came in the form of an emergency appeal to the high court, the latest instance of the Trump administration using the tactic.
The appeal asks the Supreme Court to lift a decision a lower court issued in November, barring the administration’s move to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrians.
The request is the latest effort by the Trump administration to restrict migration to the...