Stephen Miller: "Haitians live in Haiti. This is a victory 10 years in the making." [View all]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-tps.html

Immigration Hard-Liners Repeatedly Lost in Court Before Justices Ruled in Their Favor
“This is a victory 10 years in the making,” a White House official said after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could end deportation protections for some migrants.
By Hamed Aleaziz
June 26, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET

The Supreme Court decision that will allow deportation of Haitians and Syrians protected under a federal humanitarian program was the culmination of a long campaign by conservatives whose efforts to dismantle it had been blocked by lower courts.

“This is a victory 10 years in the making,” Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, told Fox News on Thursday. “We can finally remove these Haitian illegal migrants from the United States.”

Immigration hard-liners in the Trump administration have long railed against the program, known as Temporary Protected Status, and have accused previous administrations of abusing it. They say the program allowed some migrants to stay in the United States for years even though the protections, as the name implies, were meant to be temporary.

When asked by reporters outside the White House whether immigrants who lose T.P.S. would be vulnerable to deportation, he was blunt: “Well, of course, if you no longer have status in this country, then you’re supposed to be deported.”

Mr. Miller was unmoved when asked whether the administration considered Haiti a safe place.

“Haitians live in Haiti,” he said. “I mean, it would be crazy for us to say that Haitians couldn’t live in Haiti. It’s their country.”

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