Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump to Put American Workers First
Decision dismantles Biden-era immigration policy that flooded the labor market with foreigners.
President Donald Trump scored another major victory for American workers on June 25, when the Supreme Court allowed his administration to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals.
TPS grants work authorization to aliens in the United States native to countries designated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary as subject to “extraordinary temporary conditions” like wars or natural disasters. For years, this program has been a welfare boondoggle and a back door for employers to replace American workers with cheap labor. The 6–3 ruling in Mullin v. Doe reaffirms the executive branch’s right to end this designation when it sees fit.
Haiti, the 51st State?
In 2010, then-DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano designated TPS for Haitians after the island’s devastating earthquake, prompting Time’s Mark Thompson to dub it the start of a “compassionate invasion” that made the impoverished island the de facto 51st state.
Subsequent presidential administrations extended the program long after the earthquake for loosely connected reasons like poverty and gang warfare.
Former President Joe Biden’s DHS Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, dropped the earthquake charade altogether and cited human rights abuses and poverty exacerbated by COVID-19. In June 2024, he gave over 300,000 Haitians the ability to apply for an extension by August of that year, valid until February 2026.
Springfield, Ohio, became a national symbol of that burden. Over 20,000 Haitians flooded the small city, which had fewer than 60,000 when Biden took office.
When Trump entered office last year, he immediately moved to reduce outdated TPS extensions and to end Biden’s Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) parole program. The latter had allowed roughly 532,000 immigrants to enter the U.S. Biden sold it as a border-management tool, but it served as a legal pathway for legal immigration for migrants who were likely to cross the border illegally.
On TPS, lower courts repeatedly ruled against the Trump administration, forcing it to honor Mayorkas’ extended timeline. On CHNV, however, the Supreme Court ruled last May that Trump had the right to revoke it.
Now, in Mullin v. Doe, the Court has affirmed that the executive branch has broad authority to unwind TPS when it deems it no longer justified. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito said Congress had limited the courts’ ability to second-guess the legal requirements surrounding TPS terminations. The majority also rejected the argument that the Haiti decision should remain blocked because of claims of racial discrimination, finding those claims too weak to support an injunction.
According to Politico, more than a million immigrants could face deportation if they cannot secure a visa or a green card.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin noted that TPS recipients whose status has expired can apply for permanent residence or a temporary visa if they qualify. But their cases will face individual review like everyone else’s. No one is guaranteed the right to remain. For those who choose to leave voluntarily, the Trump administration is providing free airfare and $2,100.
The End of an Infamous Era
TPS has created headaches for the working American taxpayer in three key ways.
First, it undercut American labor, becoming a shadow guestworker program.
Most Americans expect people fleeing hardship to leave once their designated stay ends, so they can go back and rebuild their countries. But once American employers get addicted to hiring these cheap foreigners, it’s difficult to wean them off them to rehire American labor.
Secondly, TPS recipients are eligible for green cards and eventual citizenship. This produces millions of eventual citizens who owe a debt of gratitude to the Democratic Party. They also lobby for TPS extensions and for their co-nationals to be allowed to join them in colonizing the U.S.
For instance, in 2016 Hondurans received a TPS extension because of a “coffee rust epidemic.” Mayorkas extended it for multiple nationalities because of natural disasters and wars that happened in the 1990s.
Finally, as most of these immigrants are poor, many become a long-term burden on American taxpayers—not to mention the burden their non-English-speaking children impose on local school systems.
Leftists criticize the decision as “heartless.” But it’s heartless to tell Americans that temporary programs can become permanent without their consent. It’s heartless to let Democratic administrations lock in mass cheap labor pipelines. And it’s heartless and undemocratic to force communities like Springfield to suffer from liberal presidents’ decisions while courts prevent newly elected officials from changing course.
The federal government should limit immigration. TPS should be restricted to those who are in genuine temporary need of it. The Mullin ruling reaffirms that the president’s administration has the final say in TPS designations and extensions. We cannot allow temporary protections to turn into permanent, court-ordered entitlements by activists crying racism.
For years, American workers were told to accept an immigration system designed around the needs of employers, activists, and foreign nationals. The Mullin ruling marks another turn back toward sovereignty, accountability, and putting American citizens first. If Trump follows through on forcing out these TPS recipients who overstayed their welcome, this decision will become a milestone in restoring immigration policy to one that serves the American people.
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