Florence Project Decries Supreme Court Rulings in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado and Mullin v. Doe
Phoenix, AZ – The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project decries the Supreme Court’s rulings today in two separate immigration cases, which allows the Trump administration to circumvent well-established asylum law and aim to strip documentation from hundreds of thousands of people, respectively.
In Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the Supreme Court ruled that immigration officers can physically block people from setting foot in the United States to ask for asylum protection, and in Mullin v. Doe, the Court granted the Trump administration broad-reaching authority to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti and Syria. This mass stripping of status means that hundreds of thousands of people could be deported to these countries, despite conditions the U.N. has described as “catastrophic,” in just over a month’s time. Furthermore, it paves the way for the Trump administration to potentially end TPS altogether and strip status from more than a million people.
“These decisions take direct aim at the rights, dignity, and safety of people who turn to the United States for protection and justice and are affronts to both U.S. and international law,” said Laura Belous, a Managing Attorney on the Florence Project’s Advocacy Team. “The Supreme Court has enabled the Trump administration to shut the door to safety and justice to all those who seek protection on our shores, including asylum seekers at our southern borders and TPS holders throughout the United States. While these decisions are disheartening, we are not defeated. We will continue to advocate tirelessly for those who arrive at our borders seeking protection from persecution.”
The Florence Project calls on Congress to take immediate action to protect TPS holders with a pathway to citizenship and to protect our asylum system. Our values demand no less.