On Friday, the Supreme Court delivered a significant win for President Trump and his second-term immigration agenda, ruling 7-2 to stay a lower court decision that had blocked the administration from deporting nearly 500,000 illegal aliens—many of whom hail from Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
This ruling effectively gives Trump the green light to proceed with one of his most aggressive moves yet: revoking the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program put in place under Joe Biden. TPS, which was meant to be a short-term lifeline for migrants from countries with temporary disasters or conflicts, had long since morphed into a backdoor amnesty pipeline. Now, thanks to the Court, that door is being slammed shut.
The decision overrules U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of Boston, who had blocked the administration’s efforts to end Biden’s generous TPS protections. The Supreme Court made it clear: immigration enforcement falls under the authority of the executive branch—not federal judges in Boston courtrooms.
Predictably, the Court’s two most progressive justices, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. Jackson whined that the Court “botched” its assessment and downplayed the so-called “devastating consequences” for the migrants. What about the devastating consequences of unchecked illegal immigration on American citizens? Skyrocketing housing costs, overwhelmed public schools, drained health systems—those don’t seem to matter much to the left.
The Trump administration argued—correctly—that Biden’s TPS expansion was a blatant abuse of executive power. As U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer told the Court, decisions on deportation and immigration are “particularly discretionary, sensitive, and foreign-policy-laden judgments” that belong squarely in the Executive Branch. Translation: the president—not liberal judges—sets immigration policy.
This ruling reinforces Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025 executive order to end all humanitarian parole programs—a move designed to restore order at the border and cut down on the endless flow of illegal crossings. The Department of Homeland Security followed up in March by terminating two-year parole grants, accelerating deportation through expedited removal.
While the legal fight isn’t over, the Supreme Court just gave Trump exactly what he needed: a clear path to start deporting hundreds of thousands of migrants who’ve abused the system for years. After four years of open borders and progressive hand-wringing, America finally has a president who’s serious about enforcing the law.
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