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From Herodotus who lived in the 5th century BCE.
Will the heavens be under the earth and the earth up in the sky on top of the heavens? Will men habitually live in the sea and fish live where men did before? It’s a topsy-turvy world if you Lacedaemonians are really planning to abolish equalrights and restore tyrants to their states, when there is nothing known to man that is more unjust or bloodthirsty than tyranny.
A Supreme Court decision threw open the door to end the protection afforded to Haitian and Syrian migrants that had enabled them to temporarily live in the US. The ruling came after a series of Trump Administration decisions and subsequentlegal challenges. It will also affect other groups living in the country under the same program.
In a separate ruling, the Court also supported the administration’s stance pertaining to the asylum system. This topic, though, will be covered in subsequent podcasts.
Introduction
The Supreme Court decision comes after a series of legal and political maneuvers by both the government and those representing the migrant groups. The Trump Administration initially stripped Temporary Protection Status, also known asTPS, from thousands of Haitian refugees in the United States. The TPS program was created by Congress to provide a safe and legal haven for nationals from other countries living in the US who can’t return home because of natural as well as human-made disasters. And as implied by the name, it’s a temporary safe harbor with an expiration date. It’s also a humanitarian program, and upon a determination of a country’s status, the timeline could be extended.
But the Trump Administration wanted to shred this legal status, to cut short the end dates, and to start mass deportations. For the Haitians, the TPS was set to expire on February 3, 2026, by an order from Kristi Noem, the former Secretary of theDepartment of Homeland Security, the DHS. Through consultations with other government agencies, the secretary is charged with making TPS designations. This includes determining when and if it would be safe for such individuals toreturn home. The people potentially affected by the DHS Secretary’s decisions range from Haitian to Venezuelan to Syrian migrants.