{"slug":"scotus-tps-asylum-rulings-june2026","title":"Supreme Court Guts Judicial Review of TPS, Revives Asylum 'Metering' in Same-Day Rulings","date":"2026-06-25","lastUpdated":"2026-06-29","description":"In two companion 6-3 rulings issued the same day, June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court held in Mullin v. Doe that DHS's compliance with the law in terminating Temporary Protected Status is not judicially reviewable at all, ending TPS for roughly 350,000 Haitians and 4,000 Syrians and clearing the way to overturn stays protecting Venezuelan, Somali, and Ethiopian TPS holders. In Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the Court held DHS can physically block asylum seekers at ports of entry before they reach US soil, reviving the 'metering' practice courts had ruled unlawful in 2022 and 2024. Justice Sotomayor dissented from the bench: 'More people will die... More people will turn back and be subjected to violence.'","summary":"Two same-day 6-3 SCOTUS rulings on June 25, 2026 eliminated judicial review of TPS terminations (ending status for ~350,000 Haitians and ~4,000 Syrians) and revived asylum metering at the border. Sotomayor's dissent warned the rulings will get people killed.","category":"rule-of-law","severity":"critical","ongoing":true,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/06/29/g-s1-130942/temporary-protected-status-program-explainer-supreme-court","title":"The temporary protected status program may effectively be over. Here's what we know","publisher":"NPR"},{"url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/26/advocates-warn-of-wide-ranging-implications-of-us-supreme-court-tps-ruling","title":"Advocates warn of wide-ranging implications of US Supreme Court TPS ruling","publisher":"Al Jazeera"},{"url":"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/supreme-court-immigration-ruling-tps-asylum-seekers/","title":"Supreme Court Allows Trump to Strip TPS, Turn Away Asylum Seekers Arriving at the Border","publisher":"American Immigration Council"},{"url":"https://abcnews.com/Politics/supreme-court-allows-trump-administrations-cancellation-tps-haitians/story?id=132122359","title":"Supreme Court allows cancellation of TPS for Haitians, Syrians","publisher":"ABC News"},{"url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/06/25/nx-s1-5838860/supreme-court-asylum-policy","title":"The Supreme Court says the U.S. can turn away asylum seekers at the border","publisher":"NPR"},{"url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/25/us-supreme-court-paves-way-for-government-to-block-asylum-seekers-at-border","title":"US Supreme Court paves way for government to block asylum seekers at border","publisher":"Al Jazeera"},{"url":"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/press-release/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-block-asylum-seekers/","title":"In Blow to Asylum Rights, Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Block Asylum Seekers at Border","publisher":"American Immigration Council"},{"url":"https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/26/headlines/supreme_court_allows_trump_administration_to_block_asylum_seekers_at_us_border","title":"Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Block Asylum Seekers at US Border","publisher":"Democracy Now!"}],"draft":false,"status":"published","tags":["TPS","asylum","Supreme Court","judicial review","metering","non-refoulement","Haiti","Syria","Sotomayor dissent"],"relatedEntries":["mass-tps-terminations","venezuela-tps-cancellation"],"timeline":[],"custom":{"posture":"documented","internationalLaw":[{"statute":"US Constitution","article":"Fifth Amendment, Due Process Clause","provision":"Judicial review of executive action affecting liberty and legal status"},{"statute":"Administrative Procedure Act","article":"5 U.S.C. § 706","provision":"Judicial review of agency action alleged to be arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise unlawful"},{"statute":"1951 Refugee Convention","article":"Article 33","provision":"Non-refoulement -- prohibition on returning refugees to countries where their life or freedom would be threatened"},{"statute":"1951 Refugee Convention","article":"Article 31","provision":"Non-penalization of refugees for illegal entry when coming directly from a territory where their life or freedom was threatened"}]}}