Thousands of Bay Area residents who have relied on longstanding immigration protections may now face deportation, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration has the power to terminate Temporary Protected Status without court oversight.
In a 6-3 decision, the court cleared the way for the administration to end TPS for hundreds of thousands of people from Haiti and Syria.
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Lupe Aguirre, deputy director of U.S. Litigation for the International Refugee Assistance Project, described the move as potentially the largest “de-documentation effort in history.” The decision came as a shock for immigrants who, for years or even decades, have been allowed to live and work lawfully in the U.S.
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