LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT CANCELING TPS FOR HAITIANS AND SYRIANS

Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:

The Supreme Court has recklessly rubber-stamped the Trump administration's crusade to rip legal status from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian TPS holders, forcing them to return to a dangerous and deeply unstable environment where they know people are at risk.

TPS holders from Haiti and Syria are our hardworking neighbors actively contributing to our communities, supporting our small businesses and filling critical labor needs. This decision harms them, their families and the communities all across America that rely on their participation in the healthcare workforce and beyond. This cruel decision by a right-wing conservative majority on the Supreme Court may now expose 1.3 million people from 17 countries to the same unconscionable treatment.

We believe that immigration enforcement in this country should be fair, just and humane, and we will continue pushing back to protect our communities, including the vibrant Haitian diaspora that calls New York City home. Over the objection of Donald Trump and Mike Johnson, House Democrats passed legislation in April to extend TPS for Haitians and protect our communities from the inhumane and unacceptable policies of this out-of-control administration.

The Senate should immediately move Rep. Laura Gillen's bipartisan bill in response to today's reckless Supreme Court decision.

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