Supreme Court hands Trump win on revoking parole for 500K foreign nationals

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a lower court order that blocked the Trump administration from deporting roughly newcomers from Cuba Nicaragua and Venezuela The decision is a near-term accomplishment for President Donald Trump as he moves to crack down on territory line shield and immigration priorities in his second term The Supreme Court decision stays for now a lower court ruling that halted Trump's plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status TPS protections for several displaced persons living in the U S which allows individuals to live and work in the U S legally if they cannot work safely in their home country due to a tragedy armed conflict or other extraordinary and temporary conditions Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented U S Solicitor General John Sauer appealed justices earlier this month to allow the administration to proceed with its decision to revoke the status for the foreigners accusing U S District Judge Edward Chen of improperly intruding on the executive branch s authority over immigration agenda The district court s reasoning is untenable Sauer narrated the high court adding that the undertaking implicates particularly discretionary sensitive and foreign-policy-laden judgments of the Executive Branch regarding immigration agenda