High Court Green-Lights End of TPS for Haitians and Syrians, Putting 300,000 Jobs at Risk

In a second blockbuster immigration ruling on June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court held that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review the executive branch’s decisions to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations. The 5-4 opinion paves the way for the Trump administration to end humanitarian protections for roughly 215,000 Haitians and 90,000 Syrians who have lived and worked legally in the United States—many for more than a decade. TPS, created by Congress in 1990, allows the president to grant work authorization and protection from removal to nationals of countries experiencing armed conflict, natural disasters, or extraordinary conditions. The program must be renewed every 6–18 months. Plaintiffs argued that DHS failed to follow procedural safeguards and acted with discriminatory intent; the Court’s majority countered that the TPS statute “plainly bars judicial second-guessing” once the secretary makes a country-conditions finding. Employers in construction, hospitality, health care, and elder-care sectors—industries with high concentrations of Haitian and Syrian TPS holders—face immediate workforce gaps and I-9 reverification challenges. USCIS is expected to publish a Federal Register notice ending employment authorization 180 days after the ruling, unless Congress acts. Several Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to create a bridge path to permanent residence, warning that abrupt loss of work authorization could cost the economy an estimated US $3.4 billion annually. In the interim, corporate mobility teams should identify affected employees, craft retention strategies (including possible H-2B or humanitarian parole options), and communicate timelines to managers. Advocacy groups plan to lobby for a legislative fix before the authorization sunset. Meanwhile, state workforce agencies anticipate a surge in labor-shortage waiver requests, especially in Florida, New York, and Massachusetts, where Haitian communities are largest.