"The US Supreme Court is leaning toward ruling in favor of moves by the Donald Trump administration to strip Haitians and Syrians living in the country of humanitarian protections. Several of the court's conservative justices appeared sympathetic toward moves to strip over 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation."
"TPS gives migrants whose countries were struck by war, natural disaster or other catastrophes the right to live and work in the US as long as it is unsafe for them to return to their home countries. Haitians earned the TPS designation after a major 2010 earthquake, whereas Syrians were added to the list in 2012 after their country descended into civil war."
"The Trump administration has been trying to revoke the TPS designation of 13 of the 17 countries designated. During his election campaign, Trump vowed to rescind TPS for Haitians, falsely claiming they were eating household dogs and cats in Ohio."
"In a separate case related to voting rights, the Supreme Court sharply limited the use of race in drawing electoral districts, ruling in favor of a challenge to a map that creates a second majority-Black district in Louisiana."
The US Supreme Court is considering a ruling that may favor the Trump administration's attempts to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians. TPS allows migrants from countries affected by disasters or conflict to live and work in the US. The State Department currently advises against travel to Haiti and Syria due to safety concerns. The Trump administration has sought to eliminate TPS for 13 of the 17 designated countries. In a separate case, the court limited the use of race in electoral district mapping.
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