Washington, D.C. – Caribbean immigration advocates and U.S. lawmakers expressed profound outrage on Friday over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and work permits from nearly 500,000 Haitians, Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans admitted under the CHNV humanitarian parole program initiated by the Biden administration.
The Court’s ruling allows the Trump administration to circumvent a district court order in Svitlana Doe v. Noem and revoke legal protections granted under the CHNV initiative. The decision follows a similar order in Noem v. National TPS Alliance, impacting an estimated 350,000 Venezuelans.
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“We are outraged to see continued attacks on families and communities, including those who are here with lawful status through the CHNV humanitarian parole process,” said Guerline Jozef, executive director and founder of Haitian Bridge Alliance, a San Diego-based immigrant advocacy group.
“Once again, the Trump administration blatantly proves its disregard for the lives of those truly in need of protection by taking away their status and rendering them undocumented,” she added. “We have already seen the traumatic impact on children and families afraid to go to school, church, or work.”
Karen Tumlin, founder of the Justice Action Center, called the decision devastating. “The Supreme Court has effectively greenlit deportation orders for an estimated half a million people—the largest such de-legalization in the modern era.”
Anwen Hughes of Human Rights First added, “The Trump administration is acting arbitrarily and unlawfully to attempt to terminate the lawful status of half a million people en masse. We will not stand for it.”
Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, said: “These individuals did everything right by following the procedures that were set out for them to escape extreme hardship and instability. Now, at a moment’s notice, their lives and livelihoods have been upended.” “None of these actions will make America great for anyone,” he added. “We are outraged, and every person who calls this country home should be similarly outraged.”
