SAN DIEGO, CMC –The San Diego, California-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) on Friday applauded the filing of amicus briefs by former US officials and 19 States through their Attorney Generals, challenging “unlawful” termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for roughly 350,000 Haitian nationals and more than 6,000 Syrian nationals before the US Supreme Court in Mullin v. Doe and Trump v. Miot consolidated case.
An amicus brief is a legal document submitted to a court by someone who is not a party to the case but has a strong interest in the outcome.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments to decide the fate of TPS recipients from Haiti and Syria.
HBA said the briefs, submitted by former US senior government officials across Republican and Democratic administrations and 19 Attorney Generals, detail a “troubling departure from longstanding legal and administrative safeguards required under US law.
“Specifically, it underscores that the Department of Homeland Security failed to conduct meaningful interagency consultation or properly assess current country conditions in Haiti before terminating TPS protections,” HBA said. Under federal statute, TPS determinations must be grounded in a rigorous, evidence-based review of on-the-ground conditions and informed by consultation with relevant agencies, particularly the US Department of State.
“However, the filing reveals that this process was reduced to cursory and inadequate exchanges, lacking substantive analysis of Haiti’s ongoing humanitarian, political, and security crises,” it added.
HBA Executive Director Guerline Jozef told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that “these filings confirm what Haitian Bridge Alliance, and our partners have been warning for months, decisions impacting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Haitian nationals were made without the careful, lawful, and evidence-based process required by Congress.
“At a time when Haiti is facing unprecedented instability, violence, and humanitarian collapse, the termination of TPS is not only unjustified, it is dangerously irresponsible,” she said. “I commend the bipartisan group of former government officials who submitted the brief for their leadership in defending the integrity of the TPS program and the rule of law.
“HBA stands firmly with Haitian communities and all other communities across the United States who now face uncertainty and fear as a result of these unlawful actions,” Jozef added. “We call on the Court to uphold the rule of law and ensure that TPS decisions are made based on facts, not politics.”
Through robust advocacy by HBA and its partners, under the fierce leadership of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Jozef said the US House of Representatives passed legislation last week to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals for three years.
Jozef said HBA has been “actively engaging” with the US Senate to advance passage of a corresponding measure.
“HBA continues to advocate across both Congress and the courts, not only on behalf of Haitian TPS recipients, but for immigrant communities more broadly, with particular attention to those from marginalized backgrounds,” she said.
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