Supreme Court Decision Gives Federal Authorities Broad Latitude on TPS Policy

This decision allows officials to move forward with ending TPS for roughly 300,000 Venezuelan migrants, a change that had previously been halted by a lower court injunction.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote the lone dissent, while the majority concluded that choices involving international relations and immigration policy fall primarily to the executive branch. During oral arguments, Solicitor General John Sauer contended that the lower court had misinterpreted the limits of its authority.

The justices largely agreed, emphasizing that the law gives the Department of Homeland Security broad power to reassess TPS designations based on evolving conditions abroad.

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