Supreme Court voted 6‑3 on Thursday to allow the Department of Homeland Security to end temporary protected status for roughly 1.3 million people from 17 countries, including Haiti and Syria. The decision reverses lower‑court orders that had temporarily blocked the administration’s plan to terminate the program. The Court held that immigration authorities have exclusive authority over TPS and that the statute does not permit judicial intervention. Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.

Florida officials responded quickly. Governor Ron DeSantis posted on social media that the ruling was a correct decision and said the three liberal justices who voted against it believed temporary protective status was effectively permanent. Representative Maxwell Frost warned that the decision would devastate families, communities and the nation, noting that TPS holders have built lives in the United States. Representative Jared Moskowitz said deporting Haitian TPS holders to a country the State Department deems unsafe would have cascading economic effects, reducing essential workers in health care, infrastructure and other sectors. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz described the ruling as despicable and said she would introduce legislation to reverse it, arguing that families who followed the law and paid taxes would be torn apart. House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell emphasized that many TPS recipients are legal workers who pay taxes and contribute daily to their communities. State Representative Angie Nixon called the decision catastrophic and faulted Senator Ashley Moody for not acting to prevent it, noting that Florida has the largest number of TPS holders in the country. Miami‑Dade Commissioner Marleine Bastien warned that the impacts would be felt beyond the Haitian community, potentially leaving jobs vacant in health care, hospitality, construction and other industries. Commissioner Oliver Gilbert linked the policy to racial hostility, while former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness described the ruling as legally reckless and morally bankrupt. Former Representative David Jolly expressed support for Venezuelan TPS holders.

Analysts noted that the decision marks another victory for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown after a prior Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for a policy restricting asylum seekers. The ruling leaves the future of TPS uncertain and raises questions about the broader scope of executive immigration authority.