The US Supreme Court has authorised the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for migrants from Haiti and Syria, and to refuse entry to asylum seekers arriving at the US-Mexico border.
The decision removes legal protections from hundreds of thousands of people, making them eligible for deportation. The humanitarian protections being eliminated had covered those who had left Haiti and Syria to escape violent conflict and natural catastrophe.
The court's decision overhauls the foundation of the US asylum system and brings an end to court proceedings that continued across three presidencies. The administration may now terminate the status that had allowed Haitian and Syrian migrants to remain in the United States legally, while also implementing new procedures for handling those seeking asylum at the southern border.