Efforts ongoing to end protection from deportation for thousands Syrians in America 

Reuters reported that the Trump administration has filed an urgent request with the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in its efforts to end protection from deportation for approximately 6,000 Syrians residing in the United States.

According to the same source, the U.S. Department of Justice submitted a memorandum seeking to overturn a ruling issued by Judge Katherine Failla last November, preventing the administration from ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrians pending a decision on the lawsuit challenging the government's decision, a judgment that the New York appeals court later upheld on February 17.

The case dates back to last September when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the termination of Syria's designation under the Temporary Protected Status program, arguing that conditions in the country no longer met the criteria for an armed conflict that poses a serious threat to returning Syrians.

The emergency request stated that Secretary Noem believes Judge Faila's decision to suspend the termination of protections constitutes an overreach of judicial authority. This marks the third time the Trump administration has appealed to the Supreme Court to end protections granted to immigrants under the same program, after the court sided with the administration in previous cases involving Venezuelan immigrants.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had moved to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from 12 countries, but simultaneous lawsuits halted the implementation of the decision for several nationalities, including Syria, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Haiti, and Myanmar.

"Temporary Protected Status" is a humanitarian program that grants temporary legal residency and protection from deportation, along with work permits, to citizens of countries experiencing war, disasters, or exceptional crises in the United States. It was first granted to Syrians in 2012 during the administration of former President Barack Obama following the outbreak of the conflict in Syria.