In Mullin v. Doe, the Supreme Court reviewed challenges to the Department of Homeland Security’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for groups including Syrian and Haitian nationals. The case involved claims under the Administrative Procedure Act and the scope of judicial review when the executive branch ends certain TPS designations. The debate is not only about immigration policy. It is also about who checks executive-branch decisions when a temporary humanitarian protection ends: courts, Congress, agency leadership, or the voters. Temporary status cannot last forever, but ending it for large groups should not feel like a switch flipped with no meaningful review.
When immigration protections end, how much review should courts provide?