On Thursday, the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to go forward with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS)  for thousands of people from Haiti and Syria. There’s now an unobstructed path for deportation protections to be lifted while the case continues to play out in lower courts. The decision is a major win for Trump’s immigration agenda and could affect about 350,000 Haitians and roughly 6,000 Syrians living and working legally in the United States, according to Reuters.

A 6-3 majority sided with the administration, letting it end the protections without waiting for full judicial review. The ruling reverses lower court orders that had kept the program in place while legal challenges moved forward.

Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, is intended for those whose home countries are considered too dangerous due to war, natural disasters, or other crises. It allows eligible immigrants to live and work in the U.S. for a limited time, but it does not provide a permanent path to citizenship. Immigration advocates say ending the status could upend families and workers who have built lives in the U.S. for years.

"This decision affects 350,000 Haitians and a third of those Haitians work in our healthcare sector," said Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Global Refuge, per NPR. "They are caregivers, they are doctors. And I think part of the bipartisan support was a recognition of the local impact it would have on Americans who are obviously desperately seeking care for themselves, for their kids, and for their parents."

The court has already allowed the administration to end TPS for other groups, and Thursday’s ruling signals broader legal momentum behind Trump’s push to scale back humanitarian immigration protections. For Haitian and Syrian communities, the immediate result is uncertainty over jobs, housing, and whether they may soon face removal from the country.