Lawyers for Haitian immigrants asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, June 16, 2026, to dismiss the case before it — arguing the justices are being asked to rule on an incomplete record.
The attorneys contend the court doesn’t have the full documentation showing how the Trump administration reached its decision to terminate temporary protected status, known as TPS, for Haitians living in the United States. Without that record, they say, the court can’t properly weigh the legality of what happened.
The dispute over the record
TPS shields immigrants from deportation to countries the federal government has designated as too dangerous or unstable for safe return. The Trump administration moved to end that protection for Haitian nationals — a decision now at the center of the Supreme Court fight.
The lawyers aren’t just asking for more time. They’re asking the court to toss the case entirely, saying new evidence has surfaced about the administration’s internal decision-making process that wasn’t part of the record when the case was first taken up. What that evidence contains wasn’t detailed in the filing.
The administration hasn’t publicly responded to the dismissal request. The court hasn’t said whether it will act on the motion before hearing the case on the merits.
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