The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration can end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants — and Border Czar Tom Homan says the law was always clear: “temporary means temporary.”

Story Snapshot

• The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Mullin v. Doe that federal courts cannot review a decision to end TPS, giving the administration full authority to terminate the program.
• Tom Homan says TPS was never enforced as temporary in practice, and credits President Trump with finally following the law as written.
• TPS protections for roughly 350,000 Haitian and Syrian nationals are set to expire July 1, 2026, after the ruling cleared the way.
• The Court also rejected claims that ending Haiti’s TPS was racially motivated, finding the evidence insufficient to prove race was a factor.

Supreme Court Hands Trump a Major Immigration Win

On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Mullin v. Doe, authored by Justice Samuel Alito. The 6-3 decision held that no federal court has the power to review a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary’s decision to end TPS for any country. The court also rejected a racial discrimination claim from Haitian TPS holders, finding the evidence presented was not enough to prove race drove the decision.

The ruling covers TPS terminations for Haiti and Syria first, but its reach goes further. The Trump administration has already ended TPS for 13 countries total. With courts now blocked from reviewing those decisions, none of those terminations can be stopped or delayed through the legal system. Work authorization for Haitian and Syrian TPS holders expires July 1, 2026.

Homan: The Law Always Said “Temporary”

Border Czar Tom Homan celebrated the ruling and did not mince words. He said TPS “has never been temporary” in practice, even though the law Congress passed in 1990 was always clear about its limited scope. Homan credited President Trump for having the will to enforce what the statute actually says. “Temporary means temporary,” Homan said.

Homan also pushed back hard on the idea that TPS holders are simply law-abiding immigrants caught in a bad situation. He argued that those who entered the country illegally and stayed for years without filing a fear claim “cheated the system” by skipping the legal immigration process entirely. He pointed to data showing 70% of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests involve illegal aliens with criminal convictions or pending criminal charges.

TPS Was Created as a Safety Valve, Not a Green Card

Congress created TPS in 1990 to give the DHS secretary authority to protect nationals from countries hit by disasters or conflicts — and to end those protections when conditions changed. The program was designed as a short-term fix, not a permanent immigration pathway. But repeated extensions over more than 30 years turned it into something that looked a lot like permanent residency for many recipients.

Border Czar Tom Homan just cheered the Supreme Court for greenlighting the end of Temporary Protected Status for Syrian & Haitian nationals – "Temporary means TEMPORARY!" No more turning "temporary" into lifetime free rides.

Do you back Trump & Homan ending this TPS abuse and… pic.twitter.com/E0SLyYAUCy

— MAGA NEWS (@MAGANEWS_X) June 30, 2026

Critics of the termination argue Haiti remains dangerous, pointing to ongoing gang violence and the State Department’s own advisories warning Americans not to travel there. A bipartisan group of House members passed a bill in April 2026 to extend Haiti’s TPS for three years, but the Senate has not acted on it. The Supreme Court’s ruling makes clear that Congress, not the courts, is now the only check on the executive branch’s TPS decisions going forward.

What This Means for the 1.3 Million Still on TPS

The ruling’s impact stretches well beyond Haiti and Syria. About 1.3 million people from 17 countries currently hold TPS. The Trump administration has moved to end protections for 14 of those countries. With courts now shut out of the process, every one of those terminations stands. Advocates warn that Salvadorans, Ukrainians, and others could be next, with some facing potential termination as early as this fall.

For conservatives who have watched TPS grow from a temporary fix into a decades-long workaround for legal immigration, the ruling is a long-overdue correction. The law said “temporary.” The executive branch is finally treating it that way. Whether Congress steps in to change the rules is now the only real question left.

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