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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to begin mass deportations of people who've been living and working legally in the US for years. NPR's Vanessa Romo reports it's another victory for President Trump's efforts to curtail immigration.

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The six-to-three ruling, along ideological lines, allows the Department of Homeland Security to strip more than three hundred thirty thousand Haitians and about four thousand Syrians of temporary protected status. Writing for the conservative majority, Justice Samuel Alito says TPS recipients from the two countries are not entitled to legal intervention and that the president has unreviewable authority to end the program. There are approximately a million people from a dozen countries who've been designated with TPS following natural disasters, armed conflicts, or other extraordinary conditions. They've been vetted and allowed to live and work legally in the US since they cannot return safely to their home countries. Vanessa Romo, NPR News.

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The Trump administration had already ended temporary protected status for Venezuelans. Adelice Fero, the executive director of Venezuelan American Caucus, says yesterday's deadly earthquakes near Caracas underscores why Venezuel-Venezuelans need TPS from