Supreme Court gives green light
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Supreme Court gives green light to Trump, may deport tens of thousands

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the protected status of around 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians.

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The decision from the Supreme Court gives the Department of Homeland Security the right to quickly revoke Temporary Protected Status, a program that covers a total of 1.3 million people from 17 countries.

The administration has already revoked protections for people from 13 countries, including Venezuela. The protections allow people to temporarily stay and work in the United States if their home countries are affected by war and natural disasters.

The lifting of the ban on Haiti and Syria is taking place despite both countries still being considered extremely unsafe.

Four Haitian women, who were deported from the United States in February, were found decapitated and dumped in a river a few months later, a lawyer said, citing court documents.

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