Supreme Court Asked to Let US Lift Syrian Deportation Shield

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court for clearance to end legal protections that let almost 7,000 Syrians temporarily live and work in the US without risk of deportation.

In an emergency application filed Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said a federal district judge in New York overstepped by blocking the administration from ending so-called Temporary Protected Status for Syrians. The request is similar to two applications to end TPS for Venezuelans that the high court granted last year as part of what some critics call its shadow docket.