Supreme Court sets TPS argument date
The Court scheduled oral arguments over DHS’s authority to revoke Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, putting immigration policy questions back on the national docket. The case could have wide implications for communities with large immigrant populations and for DHS rulemaking power. (ntd.com)
Oral argument has been scheduled for April 29, 2026 — listed by SCOTUS as on the final day of the Court’s April argument session. (scotusblog.com) The matters are consolidated under the Supreme Court dockets for Trump v. Miot (No. 25‑1084) and Mullin v. Doe (No. 25‑1083) on the Court’s public docket page. (supremecourt.gov) The Court allotted a single hour for oral argument on the consolidated petitions and set a briefing calendar that requires petitioners’ merits briefs and any amici supporting them by March 30, 2026, and respondents’ merits briefs by April 13, 2026. (supremecourt.gov) The two underlying challenges come from separate lower-court proceedings — Miot arose from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Syrian-related case originated in the Southern District of New York, both of which issued orders that blocked DHS revocations. ( ) The administration’s filings and press reports quantify the affected populations at roughly 350,000 Haitian beneficiaries and about 6,000 Syrian beneficiaries whose status is central to the consolidated petitions. (politico.com) The Supreme Court treated the emergency applications as petitions for certiorari before judgment in a miscellaneous order issued in mid‑March 2026, and the Solicitor General’s stay application was filed with the Court on March 11, 2026. ( )
