The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear arguments next month on the Trump administration's bids to strip Temporary Protected Status from Haitian and Syrian nationals, denying for now requests to immediately lift lower court blocks on the terminations.

Temporary Protected Status provides deportation relief and work authorization to nationals of designated countries facing armed conflict, natural disasters or other extraordinary conditions. The program is administered by the Department of Homeland Security secretary, who holds discretion to designate countries and periodically reassess conditions.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced in September 2025 the termination of TPS for Syrians, determining that Syria no longer met criteria for ongoing armed conflict posing a threat to returnees. In November 2025, Noem terminated Haiti's TPS, effective February 3, 2026, stating no extraordinary conditions prevented safe returns despite State Department warnings of kidnapping, crime and unrest. These moves align with the administration's broader immigration enforcement, including ending TPS for about a dozen countries.

Legal challenges followed quickly. In November 2025, U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla blocked the Syrian TPS termination, ruling DHS failed to follow procedures and was influenced by politics; the D.C. Circuit denied a stay. For Haitians, five nationals sued in December 2025. On February 2, 2026, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued a preliminary injunction, finding Noem likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act by inadequately consulting agencies and acted with hostility toward nonwhite immigrants, citing her social media statements.

Reyes wrote, "Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely." She added, "Secretary Noem... is constrained by both our Constitution and the [APA] to apply faithfully the facts to the law." The D.C. Circuit also denied the government's stay request.

The administration appealed to the Supreme Court, with Solicitor General D. John Sauer arguing lower courts ignored prior high court rulings allowing TPS ends, such as for Venezuelans in 2025. The Haitian application, Trump v. Miot (No. 25A952), was filed March 11, 2026.

Monday's order keeps protections in place for roughly 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians while the court considers presidential authority over TPS. Challengers warn of irreparable harm, including deportation to dangerous conditions in Haiti.

Haiti's TPS dates to a 2010 earthquake; Syria's to its civil war. The Supreme Court has previously sided with the executive on similar terminations, signaling potential deference to DHS discretion amid the administration's mass deportation push.