The United States Supreme Court has just handed President Donald Trump a massive win by green-lighting his plan to revoke the parole status of 500,000 foreign nationals.
On Friday, the Supreme Court stayed a lower court order that had temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to deport approximately 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
The move gives Trump a green light — at least for now — to proceed with one of his most aggressive immigration crackdowns as he reasserts his priorities on border enforcement in his second term in the White House.
The High Court’s brief and unsigned order pauses a ruling that had halted the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for these groups.
The Biden-era program provides legal status to migrants from countries facing conflict, disaster, or other severe conditions.
By overruling the lower court’s decision, the Supreme Court allows the administration to continue rescinding protections that had been extended under previous leadership.
Many of the migrants were poured into the United States’ interior during former President Joe Biden’s final year in office.
While the majority did not explain their reasoning, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented forcefully.
In a sharply worded opinion, Jackson accused the Court of failing to account for the human toll of the decision.
She argued the Court had “plainly botched” its assessment and disregarded the “devastating consequences” that could befall hundreds of thousands of migrants who suddenly face the loss of legal status, employment, and community ties while their legal challenges remain unresolved.
“Court-ordered stays exist to minimize — not maximize — harm to litigating parties,” Jackson wrote.
She continued by alleging that the federal government was seeking to inflict “maximum predecision damage.”
The TPS program is typically renewed in 18-month increments and has historically offered safe harbor to migrants from unstable nations.
But in February, the Trump administration moved abruptly to revoke those protections for a specific group of Venezuelan nationals, citing national security concerns.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem led the effort, signaling a broader policy shift away from humanitarian relief and toward aggressive enforcement.
Arguing on behalf of the Trump administration, U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to lift the lower court’s block earlier this month.
Sauer accused District Judge Edward Chen of stepping beyond his judicial role and interfering in matters of executive discretion, particularly those tied to foreign policy and national security.
“The district court’s reasoning is untenable,” Sauer told the justices.
He emphasized that TPS decisions fall squarely within the president’s purview.
Friday’s ruling comes just weeks after the Supreme Court also allowed the Trump administration to move forward with the removal of protected status for 350,000 Venezuelans.
The move is a signal that the Court may continue to back the administration’s push for stricter immigration enforcement.
As Trump intensifies his efforts to reshape the nation’s immigration system, these recent rulings provide critical support — legally and politically — for one of his central campaign themes: reasserting control over the southern border and dismantling programs that offer relief to illegal aliens already living in the United States.
