Supreme Court Lets Trump Revoke ‘Parole’ Status For 500,000 Migrants

The lawsuit is one of many that the Trump administration has filed urgently with the nation’s highest court, seeking to overturn judgments by lower courts that hinder his sweeping plans, including those targeting immigration.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it go ahead with ending legal protections for migrants from Syria. This was the latest emergency appeal to the highest court in the country.

The Department of Justice wants the court to overturn a decision by a New York judge that stopped the Department of Homeland Security from ending temporary protected status for Syrians while lawsuits are going on.

The government is also asking for a wider ruling that could affect other cases about protecting people from other countries, as the administration tries to crack down on immigration.

According to court records, about 6,100 people from Syria have temporary legal status after leaving their homes because of armed conflict.

The International Refugee Assistance Project says that ending those protections could stop people from being able to work legally in the United States and put more people at risk of deportation, especially the 800 people who have applications pending.

The first protections for Syrians came in 2012, during a civil war that lasted more than ten years and ended with the fall of President Bashar Assad’s government in late 2024.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem acted to revoke protected status less than a year later, finding that the situation “no longer meets the criteria for an ongoing armed conflict that poses a serious threat to the personal safety of returning Syrian nationals.”