{"id":278351,"date":"2026-06-25T22:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/278351\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T22:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T22:04:14","slug":"mamdani-ny-pols-condemn-u-s-supreme-court-stripping-legal-status-for-thousands-haitians-syrians-in-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/278351\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani, NY pols condemn U.S. Supreme Court stripping legal status for thousands Haitians, Syrians in city"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday terminated<\/a> temporary protected status for over 300,000 Haitian and Syrian immigrants living in the United States, a decision that strips legal status from roughly 40,000 New Yorkers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The court\u2019s 6-3 decision overturns that of lower federal courts, which had, until this point, prevented Trump\u2019s Department of Homeland Security from terminating the TPS program that allows immigrants experiencing unsafe conditions in their home countries to live and work in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Immigrant attorneys in New York City urged people not to panic. They said the ruling is set to go into effect in 32 days, and, while it does clear the way for the Trump administration to imminently deport Haitians and Syrians who hold TPS designations, further action from lower courts is still needed before protections are dissolved. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s high court said the lower courts that had weighed in had done so incorrectly, ruling that the judiciary is not permitted to review federal immigration decisions like this from DHS, as the law creating the TPS program kept the courts out of the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Secretary\u2019s TPS designation decisions are not subject to judicial review,\u201d Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the court\u2019s conservative majority. \u201cThere is no judicial review of any determination of the [Secretary of Homeland Security] with respect to the designation, or termination or extension of a designation, of a foreign state.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The court\u2019s three liberal justices dissented. Justice Elena Kagan wrote that she believed the conservative majority\u2019s decision was incorrect, and that those arguing in support of Haitian and Syrian TPS should have prevailed on their arguments that the Trump administration\u2019s decision to terminate their legal status was \u201cracially discriminatory,\u201d pointing to statements Trump made that Haitians were \u201ceating the cats [and] the pets of the people that live [in Springfield, Ohio]\u201d before terminating their TPS.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The] decision to terminate Haiti\u2019s TPS designation was motivated, at least in part, by racial animus,\u201d Kagan wrote. \u201cThe evidence [the Haiti plaintiffs] have offered includes statements by the President so repellent and racially inflected that the majority declines to put them in print.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has been trying to end temporary protected status for Haitians, which has existed since 2010, since last February, when his DHS issued a notice that the legal status for hundreds of thousands in the U.S. would end in August of last year; and again in February of this year, when dates had been put on hold by lower court rulings. The program has typically continued by the federal government granting continuous extensions based on regular evaluations that the countries eligible for the program remained unsafe.<\/p>\n

New York pols blast SCOTUS ruling, work to protect affected immigrants
\n\"Gov.Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to the media during a rally with immigration advocates, on the day of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian migrants, in Manhattan on June 25, 2026.REUTERS\/Eduardo Munoz<\/p>\n

Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a>, Attorney General Letitia James, and other elected officials condemned Thursday\u2019s Supreme Court ruling, warning that the decision could throw thousands of New Yorkers into fear, strip work authorization from frontline workers, and destabilize families across the city.<\/p>\n

Speaking at an emergency press conference at 1199SEIU headquarters in Manhattan, the officials and immigrant advocates said TPS holders had come to the United States legally, built lives in New York and filled critical jobs, including in health care, only to face the threat of deportation to countries they said remain unsafe.<\/p>\n

They all framed the ruling as both a humanitarian crisis and a direct threat to New York\u2019s workforce. They said Haitian and Syrian TPS holders are not only immigrants seeking safety, but also neighbors, caregivers, union members, taxpayers, and workers who help keep the city and state running.<\/p>\n

Mamdani cast the ruling as an attack on New Yorkers who have helped build the city as health care workers, teachers and organizers.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be clear, you are a New Yorker today, tomorrow, and every day, you are a New Yorker,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cAs health care workers, as teachers, as organizers, you have not just made your home in New York City, you have dedicated your lives to New York City.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the ruling had opened the door to \u201cfear, instability, and the threat of deportation for so many,\u201d but said City Hall would stand with affected New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey may traffic in cruelty, yet we will lead with something even more powerful than that: solidarity,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cCity Hall will stand with you and stand up for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs will share additional information and resources \u201csoon,\u201d and if people had questions about your status or needed legal assistance, they could call the Mayor\u2019s Office of Immigrant Affairs Legal Support Hotline at 800-354-0365 for free and confidential help.<\/p>\n

President of 1199 SEIU union, Yvonne Armstrong, called the ruling \u201can appalling decision and a moral failure, warning that it would have \u201cterrible consequences\u201d for families, neighborhoods and the city\u2019s healthcare system, as it could mean nursing home residents lose aides, home care clients lose caregivers and hospital patients lose trusted and experienced staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout immigrants, our health care system would fall apart,\u201d Armstrong said.\n<\/p>\n

Sandra Britto, a 1199SEIU member and patient care technician from Lower Manhattan who said she is of Haitian descent, said the ruling \u201churts to my core,\u201d calling it \u201cheartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis ruling is going to create terrible suffering for my Haitian people, who have only been striving to try to do better,\u201d Britto said. \u201cThey are not criminals, they are law-abiding human beings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Legal impacts of TPS ruling<\/p>\n

Erik Crew, a staff attorney with Haitian Bridge Alliance, urged TPS holders not to panic, but to prepare.\n<\/p>\n

Crew, who\u2019s served as co-counsel in several district court cases brought on behalf of TPS holders from Haiti, Nepal, Honduras, Somalia and other countries, said\u00a0the Trump administration\u2019s strategy was designed to make people panic, give up their rights or make decisions that could put them in danger. <\/p>\n

While calling the Supreme Court decision \u201ccrushing,\u201d Crew said TPS holders should seek reliable legal guidance before taking action.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cKnow your rights,\u201d Crew said, urging TPS holders to seek individualized consultations with attorneys, explore other immigration options and make family emergency plans in case targeted enforcement actions begin.<\/p>\n

\"\"Crew speaks on the Supreme Court ending TPS.Photo by Adam Daly<\/p>\n

Geoff Pipoly and Andy Tauber, the attorneys who argued in support of TPS in front of the Supreme Court, said the ruling would \u201cdirectly result in thousands of innocent people dying violent, needless deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very sad day, not only for Haitian TPS holders but for anyone who believes, as we do, that immigrants are one of America\u2019s greatest strengths,\u201d the attorneys said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Attorneys for Haitians cannot appeal to any other court to overturn the decision. Pipoly and Tauber urged the Senate to pass legislation, introduced by U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), that would extend temporary protected status for the immigrants until 2029.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe responsibility to save these lives is now with Congress\u2014and we urge the Senate to pass the extension of TPS now pending in that chamber,\u201d the legal team said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schumer called the high court\u2019s decision \u201ccruel and inhumane,\u201d urging his colleagues to pass his bill.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of showing basic humanity, Donald Trump and this Court have chosen fear, chaos, and cruelty,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cI have introduced legislation to extend TPS for Haitians, and will keep fighting to protect Haitian and Syrian families from being forced back into danger. America should not turn its back on people who came here seeking safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

The legislation was passed by the House of Representatives in April. U.S. Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY) who sponsored the bill in that chamber, said she was calling on the country\u2019s higher legislative chamber to advance the legislation quickly,\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRemoving our neighbors would not just be a humanitarian catastrophe; it would hurt our economy. Haitian TPS recipients are a part of the fabric of our daily lives and pillars of our economy and faith communities,\u201d Gillen said. \u201cI will continue to work with my colleague across the aisle and in both chambers of Congress to ensure it passes in the Senate. This fight is not over.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday terminated temporary protected status for over 300,000 Haitian and Syrian immigrants living…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2710,9,11,10,2973,42671],"class_list":["post-278351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-law","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-supreme-court","tag-temporary-protected-status"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}