Overview
- A Supreme Court decision in June 2026 barred most federal-court challenges to Temporary Protected Status terminations, transferring decisive authority to the Department of Homeland Security.
- A USCIS public notice last week said El Salvador’s TPS was set to terminate on Wednesday which has left agency statements unclear about whether protections will actually be extended.
- If DHS ends TPS recipients will lose work authorization after the required notice period and become vulnerable to arrest and removal by ICE.
- Enforcement has already stepped up under the President’s administration with ICE arrests rising to a recent monthly high, and some groups whose TPS ended earlier have faced ankle monitors and deportations.
- TPS was designed in 1990 as temporary humanitarian relief without a route to permanent residency so ending protections risks splitting families, removing long-settled workers from local economies, and limiting legal remedies now that courts are largely closed to challenges.