US Supreme Court Will Hear Temporary Protected Status Case for 350K Haitians
Is blocking TPS deportations to Haiti a judge's lawless overreach or a vital shield against sending people to their deaths?
Above: The U.S. Supreme Court on March 4. Image credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
The Spin
Republican narrative
SCOTUS taking this case is a sign that the rulings of activist lower-court judges, who've blatantly ignored federal law by blocking the end of TPS for Haitians, will be overturned. Temporary means temporary, and the lawless overreach from the bench must end.
Democratic narrative
Sending 350,000 Haitians back to a country the State Department labels as "Level 4: Do Not Travel" isn't enforcement, it's cruelty. Courts have rightly blocked an administration that terminated TPS for every majority-nonwhite country under review.