Key Facts

• The Supreme Court decision blocks a lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds, meaning courts cannot review the case right now.
• The case, Mullin v. Doe, tests whether the Trump administration can end TPS protections for certain groups.
• TPS is a program that temporarily protects people in the U.S. from deportation when their home countries have crises like wars or natural disasters.
• TPS allows people to live and work legally in the U.S. while the unsafe conditions continue but does not offer a path to citizenship.
• To qualify for TPS, people must be from a designated country and have lived continuously in the U.S. during the designation period.
• The Department of Homeland Security decides which countries get TPS and can end the program if conditions improve.
• Critics argue ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians is unlawful and discriminatory, but the administration says courts have limited ability to review these decisions.